માણેક

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa माणिक्क (māṇikka), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓 (māṇikka), from Sanskrit માણિક્ય (mā́ṇikya).[1] Doublet of માણિક્ય (māṇikya)

Cognates

Cognate with Assamese মানিক (manik), Bengali মানিক (manik), Bhojpuri मानिक (mānik), Hindi मानिक (mānik), Marathi माणिक (māṇik), Odia ମାଣିକ (māṇika), Punjabi منکا / ਮਣਕਾ (maṇkā), Sindhi ماڻِڪُ (māṇiku), Sinhalese මැණික් (mæṇik).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

માણેક • (māṇek) f

  1. a unisex given name, Manek
  2. a surname, Manek, from Sanskrit

Noun

માણેક • (māṇek) n[2][3][4][5]

  1. ruby

Derived terms

References

More information
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mā́ṇikya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 575: “G. māṇεk n. 'ruby'”
  2. ^ “માણેક”, in गुजराती-हिंदी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (gujrātī-hindī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Gujarati-Hindi-English Trilingual Dictionary] (in Hindi), volume 3, केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 1481
  3. ^ “માણેક”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
  4. ^ “માણેક”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
  5. ^ “માણેક”, in રેખ્તા ગુજરાતી શબ્દકોશ (rekhtā gujrātī śabdakoś) (in Gujarati), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
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