مينة

See also: مینہ and مينه

Arabic

From Egyptian mjnwt (“harbor”) or mjnt (“mooring post”) related to Egyptian mjnj (“to moor”).^[1]^[2]

مِينَة • (mīna) f (plural مِيَن (miyan))

Declension of noun مِينَة (mīna)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِينَة mīna	الْمِينَة al-mīna	مِينَة mīnat
Nominative	مِينَةٌ mīnatun	الْمِينَةُ al-mīnatu	مِينَةُ mīnatu
Accusative	مِينَةً mīnatan	الْمِينَةَ al-mīnata	مِينَةَ mīnata
Genitive	مِينَةٍ mīnatin	الْمِينَةِ al-mīnati	مِينَةِ mīnati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِينَتَيْن mīnatayn	الْمِينَتَيْن al-mīnatayn	مِينَتَيْ mīnatay
Nominative	مِينَتَانِ mīnatāni	الْمِينَتَانِ al-mīnatāni	مِينَتَا mīnatā
Accusative	مِينَتَيْنِ mīnatayni	الْمِينَتَيْنِ al-mīnatayni	مِينَتَيْ mīnatay
Genitive	مِينَتَيْنِ mīnatayni	الْمِينَتَيْنِ al-mīnatayni	مِينَتَيْ mīnatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِيَن miyan	الْمِيَن al-miyan	مِيَن miyan
Nominative	مِيَنٌ miyanun	الْمِيَنُ al-miyanu	مِيَنُ miyanu
Accusative	مِيَنًا miyanan	الْمِيَنَ al-miyana	مِيَنَ miyana
Genitive	مِيَنٍ miyanin	الْمِيَنِ al-miyani	مِيَنِ miyani

Wehr, Hans (1979) “ميناء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1920) “menȧ”, in An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, London: J. Murray, page 300, meaning to tie a boat to land.
^ Lane, Edward William (1863) “مينة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 3061, suggesting it is an ancient Egyptian word in origin.