मणि
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मणि (maṇí).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /mə.ɳiː/, [mɐ.ɳiː]
Noun
मणि • (maṇi) m (Urdu spelling منی)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मणि maṇi |
मणि maṇi |
| oblique | मणि maṇi |
मणियों maṇiyõ |
| vocative | मणि maṇi |
मणियो maṇiyo |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মণি (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬡᬶ (Balinese script)
- মণি (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰜𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀡𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- မဏိ (Burmese script)
- મણિ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਣਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌣𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦟꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂝𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಣಿ (Kannada script)
- មណិ (Khmer script)
- ມຓິ (Lao script)
- മണി (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᢏᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘜𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢏᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑦼𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐞𑐶 (Newa script)
- ମଣି (Odia script)
- ꢪꢠꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆟𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖜𑖰 (Siddham script)
- මණි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩪𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚘𑚮 (Takri script)
- மணி (Tamil script)
- మణి (Telugu script)
- มณิ (Thai script)
- མ་ཎི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒝𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨘𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maníš, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-i-s (“ornament, jewel”), from *mon- (“neck”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬎-𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌 (zarənu-maini, “with a golden neck ornament”), Latin monile (“jewel”), Old Norse men (“necklace”), Old English mene (“necklace”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɳí/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɳi/
Noun
म॒णि • (maṇí) stem, m
- jewel, gem, pearl; any ornament or amulet, globule, crystal
- magnet, lodestone
- (anatomy) glans penis
- name of the jewel-lotus prayer
- the hump (of a camel)
- the dependent fleshy excrescences on a goat's neck
- 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā
- a male given name
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | म॒णिः (maṇíḥ) | म॒णी (maṇī́) | म॒णयः॑ (maṇáyaḥ) |
| accusative | म॒णिम् (maṇím) | म॒णी (maṇī́) | म॒णीन् (maṇī́n) |
| instrumental | म॒णिना॑ (maṇínā) म॒ण्या¹ (maṇyā́¹) |
म॒णिभ्या॑म् (maṇíbhyām) | म॒णिभिः॑ (maṇíbhiḥ) |
| dative | म॒णये॑ (maṇáye) | म॒णिभ्या॑म् (maṇíbhyām) | म॒णिभ्यः॑ (maṇíbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | म॒णेः (maṇéḥ) म॒ण्यः¹ (maṇyáḥ¹) |
म॒णिभ्या॑म् (maṇíbhyām) | म॒णिभ्यः॑ (maṇíbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | म॒णेः (maṇéḥ) म॒ण्यः¹ (maṇyáḥ¹) |
म॒ण्योः (maṇyóḥ) | म॒णी॒नाम् (maṇīnā́m) |
| locative | म॒णौ (maṇáu) म॒णा¹ (maṇā́¹) |
म॒ण्योः (maṇyóḥ) | म॒णिषु॑ (maṇíṣu) |
| vocative | मणे॑ (máṇe) | मणी॑ (máṇī) | मण॑यः (máṇayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- चूडामणि (cūḍāmaṇi, “jewel on the crown”)
- तृणमणि (tṛṇamaṇi, “amber”)
- शिरोमणि (śiromaṇi)
- मणिमेखल (maṇimekhala)
Descendants
- Pali: maṇi
- → Burmese: မဏိ (ma.ni.)
- → Hindi: मणि (maṇi)
- → Malayalam: മണി (maṇi)
- → Old Javanese: maṇi, maṇik
- → Tamil: மணி (maṇi)
- → Telugu: మణి (maṇi)
- → Urdu: منی (manī)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “maṇí-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 293
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “मणि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0774, column 3.