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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian منع (man'), from Arabic مَنْع (manʕ), verbal noun of مَنَعَ (manaʕa, “to prevent, forbid”). Compare Bengali মানা (mana), Dhivehi މަނާ (manā).
Pronunciation
Adjective
मना • (manā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling منع)
- forbidden, prohibited
- यहाँ धूम्रपान मना है। ― yahā̃ dhūmrapān manā hai. ― Smoking is forbidden here.
- denial
- Synonym: नकार (nakār)
Derived terms
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Pali
Alternative scripts
- manā (Latin script)
- 𑀫𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- মনা (Bengali script)
- මනා (Sinhalese script)
- မနာ or မၼႃ (Burmese script)
- มนา or มะนา (Thai script)
- ᨾᨶᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ມນາ or ມະນາ (Lao script)
- មនា (Khmer script)
- 𑄟𑄚𑄂 (Chakma script)
Noun
मना (manā)
- Devanagari script form of manā, which is ablative/vocative singular of मनस् (manas, “mind”)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মনা (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
- মনা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- မနာ (Burmese script)
- મના (Gujarati script)
- ਮਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಮನಾ (Kannada script)
- មនា (Khmer script)
- ມນາ (Lao script)
- മനാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠨᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମନା (Odia script)
- ꢪꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මනා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
- மநா (Tamil script)
- మనా (Telugu script)
- มนา (Thai script)
- མ་ནཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root मन् (man) + -आ (-ā).
Pronunciation
Noun
मना • (manā́) stem, f
- devotion, attachment, zeal, eagerness
- envy, jealousy
Declension
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