منا

مَنا • (manā)

1. inflection of مَناݨا (manāṇā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular familiar imperative

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀁𑀟 (muṃḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit मुण्ड (muṇḍa). Cognate with Punjabi ਮੁੰਡਾ (muṇḍā), ਮੁੰਨਾ (munnā).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊn.nɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

مُنّا • (munnā) m (feminine مُنّی (munnī), Hindi spelling मुन्ना)

1. (endearing) darling, dear, boy (especially of a child)

• S. W. Fallon (1879) “منا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1118
• Platts, John T. (1884) “منا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1069
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “منا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 610
• “منا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.