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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मणि (maṇí).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mə.ɳiː/,
Noun
मणि • (maṇi) m (Urdu spelling منی)
- jewel, gem
- Synonyms: जौहर (jauhar), रत्न (ratna)
Declension
Declension of मणि (masc i-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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मणि
maṇi
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मणि
maṇi
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| oblique
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मणि
maṇi
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मणियों
maṇiyõ
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| vocative
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मणि
maṇi
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मणियो
maṇiyo
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মণি (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬡᬶ (Balinese script)
- মণি (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰜𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀡𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- မဏိ (Burmese script)
- મણિ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਣਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌣𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦟꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂝𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಣಿ (Kannada script)
- មណិ (Khmer script)
- ມຓິ (Lao script)
- മണി (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᢏᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘜𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢏᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑦼𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐞𑐶 (Newa script)
- ମଣି (Odia script)
- ꢪꢠꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆟𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖜𑖰 (Siddham script)
- මණි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩪𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚘𑚮 (Takri script)
- மணி (Tamil script)
- మణి (Telugu script)
- มณิ (Thai script)
- མ་ཎི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒝𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨘𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maníš, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-is (“ornament, jewel”), from *mon- (“neck”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬎-𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌 (zarənu-maini, “with a golden neck ornament”), Latin monile (“jewel”), Old Norse men (“necklace”), Old English mene (“necklace”).
Pronunciation
Noun
मणि • (maṇí) stem, m
- jewel, gem, pearl; any ornament or amulet, globule, crystal
- magnet, lodestone
- (anatomy) glans penis
- name of the jewel-lotus prayer
- the hump (of a camel)
- the dependent fleshy excrescences on a goat's neck
- a male given name
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 293-4