-मन्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- -इमन् (-iman), -ईमन् (-īman)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- -ᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- -မန် (Burmese script)
- -मन् (Devanagari script)
- -ਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- -𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- -ꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- -𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- -មន៑ (Khmer script)
- -ມນ຺ (Lao script)
- -മന് (Malayalam script)
- -ᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- -𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- -ᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- -𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- -𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- -ମନ୍ (Odia script)
- -ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- -𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- -𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- -මන් (Sinhalese script)
- -𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- -𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- -மந் (Tamil script)
- -มนฺ (Thai script)
- -་མ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- -𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐn/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐn̪/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ma, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥.
Suffix
-मन् • (-man) n
- forms action nouns and result nouns from roots
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -म (-ma) | -म्नी (-mnī) -मनी (-manī) |
-मानि (-māni) -म¹ (-ma¹) -मा¹ (-mā¹) |
| accusative | -म (-ma) | -म्नी (-mnī) -मनी (-manī) |
-मानि (-māni) -म¹ (-ma¹) -मा¹ (-mā¹) |
| instrumental | -म्ना (-mnā) | -मभ्याम् (-mabhyām) | -मभिः (-mabhiḥ) |
| dative | -म्ने (-mne) | -मभ्याम् (-mabhyām) | -मभ्यः (-mabhyaḥ) |
| ablative | -म्नः (-mnaḥ) | -मभ्याम् (-mabhyām) | -मभ्यः (-mabhyaḥ) |
| genitive | -म्नः (-mnaḥ) | -म्नोः (-mnoḥ) | -म्नाम् (-mnām) |
| locative | -म्नि (-mni) -मनि (-mani) -मन्¹ (-man¹) |
-म्नोः (-mnoḥ) | -मसु (-masu) |
| vocative | -मन् (-man) -म (-ma) |
-म्नी (-mnī) -मनी (-manī) |
-मानि (-māni) -म¹ (-ma¹) -मा¹ (-mā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-mā́, from Proto-Indo-European *-mō.
Suffix
-मन् • (-mán) m
- forms nouns from roots, both agent nouns and abstract nouns
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -मा (-mā́) | -मानौ (-mā́nau) -माना¹ (-mā́nā¹) |
-मानः (-mā́naḥ) |
| accusative | -मानम् (-mā́nam) | -मानौ (-mā́nau) -माना¹ (-mā́nā¹) |
-म्नः (-mnáḥ) |
| instrumental | -म्ना (-mnā́) | -मभ्याम् (-mábhyām) | -मभिः (-mábhiḥ) |
| dative | -म्ने (-mné) | -मभ्याम् (-mábhyām) | -मभ्यः (-mábhyaḥ) |
| ablative | -म्नः (-mnáḥ) | -मभ्याम् (-mábhyām) | -मभ्यः (-mábhyaḥ) |
| genitive | -म्नः (-mnáḥ) | -म्नोः (-mnóḥ) | -म्नाम् (-mnā́m) |
| locative | -म्नि (-mní) -मनि (-máni) -मन्¹ (-mán¹) |
-म्नोः (-mnóḥ) | -मसु (-másu) |
| vocative | -मन् (-mán) | -मानौ (-mā́nau) -माना¹ (-mā́nā¹) |
-मानः (-mā́naḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Whitney (1889), Sanskrit Grammar, chapter XVII, §1168
- Wackernagel, Jakob (1896-1964) Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 601-609, pages 754-768