تمنا

Persian

Alternative forms

تمنی (alternative spelling, now less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمَنَّى (tamannā)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ta.man.ˈnaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.män.nɑː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.män.nɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.män.nɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.mæn.nɒː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.män.nɔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	tamannā
Dari reading^?	tamannā
Iranian reading^?	tamannâ
Tajik reading^?	tamanno

Noun

تمنا • (tamannâ)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: təmənna
→ Bengali: তামান্না (tamanna)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: तमन्ना (tamannā)

Urdu: تَمَنَّا (tamannā)
→ Ottoman Turkish: تمنا (temenna)
- Turkish: temenna
- → Greek: τεμενάς (temenás)
- → Romanian: temenea

See also

تمنا کردن (tamannâ kardan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (tamannā), from Arabic تَمَنَّى (tamannā).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.mən.nɑː/, [t̪ə.mə̃n.nɑː]
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

تَمَنَّا • (tamannā) f (Hindi spelling तमन्ना)

wish, desire
Synonyms: خْوَاہِش (xvāhiś), آرْزُو (ārzū), اَرْمَان (armān), چَاہ (cāh)
longing
Synonyms: اَرْمَان (armān), چَاہ (cāh)
aspiration
supplication, prayer

Declension

Declension of **تمنا**
	singular	plural
direct	تَمَنّا (tamannā)	تَمَنّائیں (tamannāẽ)
oblique	تَمَنّا (tamannā)	تَمَنّاؤں (tamannāõ)
vocative	تَمَنّا (tamannā)	تَمَنّاؤ (tamannāo)

Proper noun

تَمَنَّا • (tamannā) f (Hindi spelling तमन्ना)

a female given name from Arabic

Further reading

“تمنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“تمنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “تمنا”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]