معنی
See also: معنى
Persian
Alternative forms
- معنا (ma'nâ)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic مَعْنَى (maʕnā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /maʔ.ˈnaː/, /maʔ.ˈniː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.nɑ́ː], [mäʔ.níː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæʔ.nɒ́ː], [mæʔ.níː]
- (Tehrani) IPA(key): [mæː.nɒ́ː], [mæː.níː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [mäʔ.nɔ́], [mäʔ.ní]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ma'nā, ma'nī |
| Dari reading? | ma'nā, ma'nī |
| Iranian reading? | ma'nâ, ma'ni |
| Tajik reading? | ma'no, ma'ni |
Noun
مَعنی • (ma'ni) (plural مَعانی (ma'âni), or مَعنیها (ma'ni-hâ))
- meaning, sense
- Synonym: چم (čam)
- به زبان اردو، این کلمه به معنی « بزرگ/کلان » است.
- be zabân-e ordu, in kalame be ma'ni-ye "bozorg" ast.
- In Urdu, this word means "big".
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 1441—1442:
- هم صفیر مرغ آموزند خلق، کین سخن کار دهان افتاد و حلق، لیک از معنی مرغان بیخبر.
- ham safīr-i murġ āmōzand xalq, k-īn suxan kār-i dahān uftād u halq, lēk az ma'nī-i murġān bē-xabar.
- Likewise, people learn the note of birds, for this speech [of birds] is an affair of the mouth and throat; but [all are] ignorant of the birds' meaning.
- essence, spirit
- reality
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 1873:
- صورتش کرمست و معنی اژدها.
- surat-aš kerm-ast o ma'ni aždahâ.
- Its form is a worm, but its reality is a dragon.
Derived terms
- بیمعنی (bi-ma'ni)
- معنیدار (ma'ni-dâr)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْنِی (ma'nī)/مَعْنَیٰ (ma'nā), from Arabic مَعْنَى (maʕnā).
Noun
معنی • (ma'nī) f (Hindi spelling मानी)
Synonyms
- ارتھ (arth)