मना
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian منع (man'), from Arabic مَنْع (manʕ), verbal noun of مَنَعَ (manaʕa, “to prevent, forbid”). Compare Bengali মানা (mana), Dhivehi މަނާ (manā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /mə.nɑː/, [mɐ.näː]
Adjective
मना • (manā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling منع)
- forbidden, prohibited
- यहाँ धूम्रपान मना है। ― yahā̃ dhūmrapān manā hai. ― Smoking is forbidden here.
- denial
- Synonym: नकार (nakār)
Derived terms
- मना करना (manā karnā)
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मना”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
मना (manā)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মনা (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
- মনা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- မနာ (Burmese script)
- મના (Gujarati script)
- ਮਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಮನಾ (Kannada script)
- មនា (Khmer script)
- ມນາ (Lao script)
- മനാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠨᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମନା (Odia script)
- ꢪꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මනා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
- மநா (Tamil script)
- మనా (Telugu script)
- มนา (Thai script)
- མ་ནཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root मन् (man) + -आ (-ā).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ.nɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐ.n̪ɑː/
Noun
मना • (manā́) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मना (manā́) | मने (mané) | मनाः (manā́ḥ) |
| accusative | मनाम् (manā́m) | मने (mané) | मनाः (manā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | मनया (manáyā) मना¹ (manā́¹) |
मनाभ्याम् (manā́bhyām) | मनाभिः (manā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | मनायै (manā́yai) | मनाभ्याम् (manā́bhyām) | मनाभ्यः (manā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मनायाः (manā́yāḥ) मनायै² (manā́yai²) |
मनाभ्याम् (manā́bhyām) | मनाभ्यः (manā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मनायाः (manā́yāḥ) मनायै² (manā́yai²) |
मनयोः (manáyoḥ) | मनानाम् (manā́nām) |
| locative | मनायाम् (manā́yām) | मनयोः (manáyoḥ) | मनासु (manā́su) |
| vocative | मने (máne) | मने (máne) | मनाः (mánāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 784, column 1.