মনিষ

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • মুনিষ (muniś)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali মনুষ (monuś) with fronted second vowel, from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀦𑀼𑀱𑁆𑀱 (manuṣṣa), from Sanskrit মনুষ্য (manuṣya). Doublet of মানুষ (manuś), মিনসা (minośa), and মনুষ্য (monuśśo). Cognate with Assamese মানুস (manux), Odia ମଣିଷ (maṇiṣa) and Marathi माणुस (māṇus).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /moniʃ/, [ˈmoniʃ]

Noun

মনিষ • (moniś)

  1. farmhand, day laborer, porter

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative মনিষ (moniś)
objective মনিষকে (moniś (semantically general or indefinite) / moniśke (semantically definite))
genitive মনিষের (moniśer)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative মনিষটা, মনিষটি (moniśṭa (colloquial), moniśṭi (formal)) মনিষেরা (moniśera)
objective মনিষটাকে, মনিষটিকে (moniśṭake (colloquial), moniśṭike (formal)) মনিষদের(কে) (moniśder(ke))
genitive মনিষটার, মনিষটির (moniśṭar (colloquial), moniśṭir (formal)) মনিষদের (moniśder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

  • Biswas, Sailendra (2004), “মনিষ”, in সংসদ বাংলা অভিধান, 7th edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad.
  • মনিষ”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.