ਮਾਣਕ
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Punjabi ਮਾਣਕੁ (māṇaku), from Apabhramsa माणिक्क (māṇikka), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓 (māṇikka), from Sanskrit माणिक्य (mā́ṇikya).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɑːnəkə̆]
Noun
ਮਾਣਕ • (māṇak) m (Shahmukhi spelling مانَک)[2][3]
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ਮਾਣਕ (māṇak) | ਮਾਣਕ (māṇak) |
| oblique | ਮਾਣਕ (māṇak) | ਮਾਣਕਾਂ (māṇkā̃) |
| vocative | ਮਾਣਕਾ (māṇkā) | ਮਾਣਕੋ (māṇko) |
| ablative | ਮਾਣਕੋਂ (māṇkõ) | — |
| locative | ਮਾਣਕੇ (māṇke) | ਮਾਣਕੀਂ (māṇkī̃) |
| instrumental | ਮਾਣਕੇ (māṇke) | ਮਾਣਕੀਂ (māṇkī̃) |
References
More information
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mā́ṇikya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 575: “P. mānak m. 'bead, gem'”
- ^ Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਮਾਣਕ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 717.
- ^ “ਮਾਣਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025