ܡܐܢܝ

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• IPA^(key): [mani], [mɑni]

ܡܐܢܝ • (manī or mānī)

1. Mani, the founder of Manichaeism

• ܡܐܢܝ ܐܝܙܓܕܐ ܕܢܘܗܪܐ (mānī ʔizɡaddā dnuhrā, “Mani the messenger of light”)
• ܡܐܢܝ ܚܝܐ (mānī ḥayyā, “living Mani”)
• ܡܢܝܢܝܘܬܐ (manīnāyūtā, “Manichaeism”)
• ܡܢܝܢܝܐ (manīnāyā, “Manichaean”)

• → Ancient Greek: Μάνης (Mánēs)
  • Greek: Μάνης (Mánis)
  • → Latin: Manēs
    • French: Manès
    • → English: Manes
• → Chinese: 摩尼 (Móní)
• → English: Mani
• → Middle Persian: 𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏 (mʾny), 𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬌 (māni), 𐭬𐭠𐭭𐭩 (mʾny), 𐭌𐭀𐭍𐭉
  • Classical Persian: مانی (mānī)
  • → Sogdian:

    Syriac script: ܡܐܢܝ

    Manichaean script: 𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏 (mʾny)

    • → Old Uyghur: 𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏 (mʾny)

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Borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭌𐭀𐭍𐭉 (mʾny), ultimately borrowed from Classical Syriac ܡܐܢܝ (mʾny /⁠Mānī⁠/).

• IPA^(key): /mani/

ܡܐܢܝ (transliteration needed)

1. Mani