मना

Borrowed from Classical Persian منع (man'), from Arabic مَنْع (manʕ), verbal noun of مَنَعَ (manaʕa, “to prevent, forbid”). Compare Bengali মানা (mana), Dhivehi މަނާ (manā) and Marathi मना (manā).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /mə.nɑː/, [mɐ.näː]

मना • (manā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling منع)

1. forbidden, prohibited

   यहाँ धूम्रपान मना है। ― yahā̃ dhūmrapān manā hai. ― Smoking is forbidden here.

2. denial

   Synonym: नकार (nakār)

• मना करना (manā karnā)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “मना”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Borrowed from Classical Persian منع (man'), from Arabic مَنْع (manʕ), verbal noun of مَنَعَ (manaʕa, “to prevent, forbid”). Compare Bengali মানা (mana), Dhivehi މަނާ (manā), Hindi मना (manā).

• IPA^(key): /mə.na/

मना • (manā) (indeclinable)

1. forbidden, prohibited

   Synonyms: निषिद्ध (niṣiddha) (most common), वर्ज्य (varjya)

   ह्या विषयावर चर्चा करणे मना आहे.

   hyā viṣyāvar carcā karṇe manā āhe.

   It is forbidden to discuss this topic.

• मनाई (manāī, “prohibition”)

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मना”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

मना (manā)

1. Devanagari script form of manā, which is ablative/vocative singular of मनस् (manas, “mind”)

From the root मन् (man) +‎ -आ (-ā).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.nɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.n̪ɑː/

म॒ना • (manā́) stem, f

1. devotion, attachment, zeal, eagerness
2. envy, jealousy

• Monier Williams (1899), “मना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 784, column 1.