मन्या

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

মন্যা (Assamese script)
ᬫᬦ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
মন্যা (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰡𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
မနျာ (Burmese script)
મન્યા (Gujarati script)
ਮਨ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦤꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಮನ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
មន្យា (Khmer script)
ມນ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
മന്യാ (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᠨᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᠨᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧁𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
ମନ୍ଯା (Odia script)
ꢪꢥ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆤𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖡𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
මන්‍යා (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩯 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚝𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
மந்யா (Tamil script)
మన్యా (Telugu script)
มนฺยา (Thai script)
མ་ནྱཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒢𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨝𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“neck, nape”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μάννος (mánnos), Old English manu (whence English mane).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́n.jɑː/,
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐn̪.jɑː/

Noun

मन्या • (mányā) stem, f

nape; back of the neck

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मन्या (mányā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मन्या mányā	मन्ये mánye	मन्याः mányāḥ
Vocative	मन्ये mánye	मन्ये mánye	मन्याः mányāḥ
Accusative	मन्याम् mányām	मन्ये mánye	मन्याः mányāḥ
Instrumental	मन्यया / मन्या¹ mányayā / mányā¹	मन्याभ्याम् mányābhyām	मन्याभिः mányābhiḥ
Dative	मन्यायै mányāyai	मन्याभ्याम् mányābhyām	मन्याभ्यः mányābhyaḥ
Ablative	मन्यायाः / मन्यायै² mányāyāḥ / mányāyai²	मन्याभ्याम् mányābhyām	मन्याभ्यः mányābhyaḥ
Genitive	मन्यायाः / मन्यायै² mányāyāḥ / mányāyai²	मन्ययोः mányayoḥ	मन्यानाम् mányānām
Locative	मन्यायाम् mányāyām	मन्ययोः mányayoḥ	मन्यासु mányāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Konkani: मान (mān)
Marathi: मान (mān)
Romani: men (Neck)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मन्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 789/1.

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