منت

منت (form I)

1. مَنَّتْ (mannat) /man.nat/: third-person feminine singular past active of مَنَّ (manna)
2. مُنَّتْ (munnat) /mun.nat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of مَنَّ (manna)

Borrowed from Arabic مِنَّة (minna).

منت • (mennat)

1. favor, grace; action that causes the receiver to be thankful
   • early 1000s, ʿUnṣurī, “Qaṣīda 1”, in دیوان عنصری‎^[1]:

     شناخته است که منّت خدایراست همی
     به خلق برننهد منّت او ز بهر عطا

     šināxta ast ki minnat-i xudāy rā-st hamē
     ba xalq bar-na-nihad minnat-i ō zi bahr-i atā

     It is known that God's favor is always upon him,
     And He does not place His favor upon His creations for [merely] the sake of giving.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

2. obligation, indebtedness (for a favor)

• → Azerbaijani: minnət
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मिन्नत (minnat)

  Urdu: مِنَّت (minnat)

• → Kazakh: міндет (mındet)