-मान
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- -ᬫᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
- -မာန (Burmese script)
- -मान (Devanagari script)
- -ਮਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- -𑌮𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
- -ꦩꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
- -𑂧𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- -មាន (Khmer script)
- -ມານ (Lao script)
- -മാന (Malayalam script)
- -ᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- -𑘦𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
- -ᠮᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- -𑧆𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- -𑐩𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
- -ମାନ (Odia script)
- -ꢪꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- -𑆩𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
- -𑖦𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
- -මාන (Sinhalese script)
- -𑩴𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- -𑚢𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
- -மாந (Tamil script)
- -มาน (Thai script)
- -་མཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
- -𑨢𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *-mHnas (with -आ- introduced from -आन (-āna)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-mHnas, from Proto-Indo-European *-mh₁nos.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɑː.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɑː.n̪ɐ/
Suffix
-मान • (-māna)
- forms present participles corresponding to middle and passive verbs by attaching to their stems
- वर्तते (vartate, “is”) + -मान (-māna) → वर्तमान (vartamāna, “being, existent”)
- मन्यते (manyate, “believes, thinks”) + -मान (-māna) → मन्यमान (manyamāna, “believing, thinking”)
- गच्छते (gacchate, “goes”) + -मान (-māna) → गच्छमान (gacchamāna, “going”)
- दृश्यते (dṛśyate, “is seen”, passive) + -मान (-māna) → दृश्यमान (dṛśyamāna, “being seen, visible”)
- कारयते (kārayate, “causes to do”, causative) + -मान (-māna) → कारयमाण (kārayamāṇa, “causing”)
Usage notes
- In Sanskrit grammar, this suffix is termed शानच् (śānac).
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -मानः (-mānaḥ) | -मानौ (-mānau) -माना¹ (-mānā¹) |
-मानाः (-mānāḥ) -मानासः¹ (-mānāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | -मानम् (-mānam) | -मानौ (-mānau) -माना¹ (-mānā¹) |
-मानान् (-mānān) |
| instrumental | -मानेन (-mānena) | -मानाभ्याम् (-mānābhyām) | -मानैः (-mānaiḥ) -मानेभिः¹ (-mānebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | -मानाय (-mānāya) | -मानाभ्याम् (-mānābhyām) | -मानेभ्यः (-mānebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | -मानात् (-mānāt) | -मानाभ्याम् (-mānābhyām) | -मानेभ्यः (-mānebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | -मानस्य (-mānasya) | -मानयोः (-mānayoḥ) | -मानानाम् (-mānānām) |
| locative | -माने (-māne) | -मानयोः (-mānayoḥ) | -मानेषु (-māneṣu) |
| vocative | -मान (-māna) | -मानौ (-mānau) -माना¹ (-mānā¹) |
-मानाः (-mānāḥ) -मानासः¹ (-mānāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -माना (-mānā) | -माने (-māne) | -मानाः (-mānāḥ) |
| accusative | -मानाम् (-mānām) | -माने (-māne) | -मानाः (-mānāḥ) |
| instrumental | -मानया (-mānayā) -माना¹ (-mānā¹) |
-मानाभ्याम् (-mānābhyām) | -मानाभिः (-mānābhiḥ) |
| dative | -मानायै (-mānāyai) | -मानाभ्याम् (-mānābhyām) | -मानाभ्यः (-mānābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | -मानायाः (-mānāyāḥ) -मानायै² (-mānāyai²) |
-मानाभ्याम् (-mānābhyām) | -मानाभ्यः (-mānābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | -मानायाः (-mānāyāḥ) -मानायै² (-mānāyai²) |
-मानयोः (-mānayoḥ) | -मानानाम् (-mānānām) |
| locative | -मानायाम् (-mānāyām) | -मानयोः (-mānayoḥ) | -मानासु (-mānāsu) |
| vocative | -माने (-māne) | -माने (-māne) | -मानाः (-mānāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -मानम् (-mānam) | -माने (-māne) | -मानानि (-mānāni) -माना¹ (-mānā¹) |
| accusative | -मानम् (-mānam) | -माने (-māne) | -मानानि (-mānāni) -माना¹ (-mānā¹) |
| instrumental | -मानेन (-mānena) | -मानाभ्याम् (-mānābhyām) | -मानैः (-mānaiḥ) -मानेभिः¹ (-mānebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | -मानाय (-mānāya) | -मानाभ्याम् (-mānābhyām) | -मानेभ्यः (-mānebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | -मानात् (-mānāt) | -मानाभ्याम् (-mānābhyām) | -मानेभ्यः (-mānebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | -मानस्य (-mānasya) | -मानयोः (-mānayoḥ) | -मानानाम् (-mānānām) |
| locative | -माने (-māne) | -मानयोः (-mānayoḥ) | -मानेषु (-māneṣu) |
| vocative | -मान (-māna) | -माने (-māne) | -मानानि (-mānāni) -माना¹ (-mānā¹) |
- ¹Vedic