मण

Apabhramsa

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *ménos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mánas

Sanskrit मनः (manaḥ)

Prakrit 𑀫𑀡 (maṇa)

Apabhramsa मण (maṇa)

Inherited from Prakrit मण (maṇa), from Sanskrit मनः॑ (mánaḥ).^[1]

मण (maṇa) ^[2]

mind
- c. 1020, Vir, Jambu-Sami-Chariu 2.15.6:^[3]
  एक्कसि अज्ज धणहे रंजमि मणु संगहसुगाढु करेमि आलिंगणु ।
  ekkasi ajja dhaṇahe raṃjami maṇu saṃgahasugāḍhu karemi āliṃgaṇu.
  Once today, I will please my mind with the fortunate one (lover), I will embrace her tightly with longing.

Declension of मण (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	मणु (maṇu)	मण (maṇa)
Accusative	मणु (maṇu)	मण (maṇa)
Instrumental	मणें (maṇeṃ) or मणेणं (maṇeṇaṃ) or मणेण (maṇeṇa)	मण (maṇa) or मणेहिं (maṇehiṃ)
Dative	मणहो (maṇaho) or मणसु (maṇasu) or मणस्सु (maṇassu)	मणहं (maṇahaṃ)
Ablative	मणहे (maṇahe) or मणहु (maṇahu)	मणहुं (maṇahuṃ)
Genitive	मणहो (maṇaho) or मणसु (maṇasu) or मणस्सु (maṇassu)	मणहं (maṇahaṃ) or मणाणं (maṇāṇaṃ) or मणाण (maṇāṇa)
Locative	मणि (maṇi) or मणे (maṇe)	मणहिं (maṇahiṃ)
Vocative	मण (maṇa)	मणहो (maṇaho)

Declension of मण (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	मणु (maṇu)	मण (maṇa) or मणइं (maṇaïṃ) or मणाइं (maṇāiṃ)
Accusative	मणु (maṇu)	मण (maṇa) or मणइं (maṇaïṃ) or मणाइं (maṇāiṃ)
Instrumental	मणें (maṇeṃ) or मणेणं (maṇeṇaṃ) or मणेण (maṇeṇa)	मण (maṇa) or मणेहिं (maṇehiṃ)
Dative	मणहो (maṇaho) or मणसु (maṇasu) or मणस्सु (maṇassu)	मणहं (maṇahaṃ)
Ablative	मणहे (maṇahe) or मणहु (maṇahu)	मणहुं (maṇahuṃ)
Genitive	मणहो (maṇaho) or मणसु (maṇasu) or मणस्सु (maṇassu)	मणहं (maṇahaṃ) or मणाणं (maṇāṇaṃ) or मणाण (maṇāṇa)
Locative	मणि (maṇi) or मणे (maṇe)	मणहिं (maṇahiṃ)
Vocative	मण (maṇa)	मणहो (maṇaho)

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani: man
  Hindi: मन
  
  Urdu: مَن
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali-Assamese
  - Assamese: মন (mon)
  - Bengali: মন (mon)
  - Sylheti: ꠝꠘ (mono)
- Odia: ମଣ (maṇa)
Insular Indo-Aryan:
- Dhivehi: މަނަ (mana)
- Sinhalese: මන (mana)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Marathi: man
  Modi script: 𑘦𑘡
  
  Devanagari script: मन
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Old Gujarati: मन (mana)
  - Gujarati: મન (man)

More information

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mánas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 564
^ Dr. Vimal Prakash Jain (1968) जंबूसामिचरिउ [jaṃbūsāmicariu] (Mūrtidevī Jaina Granthamālā), Varanasi: Bhārtīya Jñānapīṭha, →OCLC, page ३५६
^ Dr. Vimal Prakash Jain (1968) जंबूसामिचरिउ [jaṃbūsāmicariu] (Mūrtidevī Jaina Granthamālā), Varanasi: Bhārtīya Jñānapīṭha, →OCLC, page ३७

मण (maṇa) n

Maharastri declension of मण (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	मणं (maṇaṃ)	मणाइं (maṇāiṃ) or मणाइ (maṇāi)
Accusative	मणं (maṇaṃ)	मणाइं (maṇāiṃ) or मणाइ (maṇāi)
Instrumental	मणेण (maṇeṇa) or मणेणं (maṇeṇaṃ)	मणेहि (maṇehi) or मणेहिं (maṇehiṃ)
Dative	मणाअ (maṇāa)	—
Ablative	मणाओ (maṇāo) or मणाउ (maṇāu) or मणा (maṇā) or मणाहि (maṇāhi) or मणाहिंतो (maṇāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	मणस्स (maṇassa)	मणाण (maṇāṇa) or मणाणं (maṇāṇaṃ)
Locative	मणम्मि (maṇammi) or मणे (maṇe)	मणेसु (maṇesu) or मणेसुं (maṇesuṃ)
Vocative	मण (maṇa) or मणा (maṇā)	मणाइं (maṇāiṃ) or मणाइ (maṇāi)