मन्या
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মন্যা (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬦ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
- মন্যা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰡𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- မနျာ (Burmese script)
- મન્યા (Gujarati script)
- ਮਨ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦤꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಮನ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
- មន្យា (Khmer script)
- ມນ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
- മന്യാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᠨᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠨᠶᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧁𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମନ୍ଯା (Odia script)
- ꢪꢥ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆤𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖡𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මන්යා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩯 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚝𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
- மந்யா (Tamil script)
- మన్యా (Telugu script)
- มนฺยา (Thai script)
- མ་ནྱཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒢𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨝𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“neck, nape”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *monis (“neck”), Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”) (whence English mane),[1] Ancient Greek μάννος (mánnos, “necklace”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ́n.jɑː/, [mɐ́j̃.jɑː]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐn̪.jɑː/
Noun
मन्या • (mányā) stem, f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मन्या (mányā) | मन्ये (mánye) | मन्याः (mányāḥ) |
| accusative | मन्याम् (mányām) | मन्ये (mánye) | मन्याः (mányāḥ) |
| instrumental | मन्यया (mányayā) मन्या¹ (mányā¹) |
मन्याभ्याम् (mányābhyām) | मन्याभिः (mányābhiḥ) |
| dative | मन्यायै (mányāyai) | मन्याभ्याम् (mányābhyām) | मन्याभ्यः (mányābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मन्यायाः (mányāyāḥ) मन्यायै² (mányāyai²) |
मन्याभ्याम् (mányābhyām) | मन्याभ्यः (mányābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मन्यायाः (mányāyāḥ) मन्यायै² (mányāyai²) |
मन्ययोः (mányayoḥ) | मन्यानाम् (mányānām) |
| locative | मन्यायाम् (mányāyām) | मन्ययोः (mányayoḥ) | मन्यासु (mányāsu) |
| vocative | मन्ये (mánye) | मन्ये (mánye) | मन्याः (mányāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “mányā-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 313
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “मन्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 789, column 1.