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Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
mâni
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of mâna
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مانع, from Arabic مَانِع (māniʕ), from verb مَنَعَ (manaʕa, “to hinder”).
Noun
mâni (definite accusative mânii, plural mâniler)
- (dated) obstacle (physical or figurative)
- Synonym: engel
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mani1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مانع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1662
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 730
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