Arabic
- مَنَوٰة (manāh) — classical spelling
Etymology
From the roots م ن ي (m n y) and م ن و (m n w). Related to مَنُون (manūn, “death, fate”) and مَنِيَّة (maniyya, “death, fate”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
مَنَاة • (manāh) f
- (Arabian mythology) Manat, a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess of fate
609–632 CE, Qur'an, 53:19-20:أَفَرَأَيْتُمُ اللَّاتَ وَٱلْعُزَّى وَمَنَاةَ ٱلثَّالِثَةَ ٱلْأُخْرَى- ʔa-fa-raʔaytumu l-lāta wal-ʕuzzā wa-manāta ṯ-ṯāliṯata l-ʔuḵrā
- So have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā? And Manāt, the third – the other one?
Declension
Declension of noun مَنَاة (manāh)
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singular diptote in ـَاة (-āh)
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definite
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مَنَاة manāt
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مَنَاةُ manātu
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مَنَاةَ manāta
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مَنَاةَ manāta
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Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: Mənat
- → Chagatai: مَنات
- → Classical Persian: مَنَات (manāt)
- Dari: مَنَات (manāt)
- Iranian Persian: مَنات (manât)
- Tajik: Манот (Manot)
- → Hindustani:
- Urdu: مَنات (manāt)
- → Ottoman Turkish: مَنات (Menât)