manik

From Old Javanese maṇik, maṇi, from Sanskrit मणि (maṇi).

manik (Balinese script ᬫᬡᬷᬓ᭄)

1. bead
2. unborn foetus

   Synonym: belingan

From Sanskrit माणिक (māṇika).

manik (Balinese script ᬫᬦᬶᬓ᭄)

1. jewel
2. amulet

From Sanskrit मणि (maṇi). Doublet of benik.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmanɪk]
• Hyphenation: ma‧nik

manik (plural manik-manik)

1. bead

   Synonym: benik

From English manic, from Ancient Greek μανικός (manikós).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmanɪk]
• Hyphenation: ma‧nik

manik (plural manik-manik)

1. mania: the state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels

   Synonym: mania

• “manik”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

manik

1. romanization of ꦩꦤꦶꦏ꧀

• manic — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Ultimately from Sanskrit मणि (maṇi), possibly via Old Javanese maṇik / maṇi. See also Malay manikam.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmanik/ [ˈmaː.n̪ɪk̚]
• Rhymes: -anik
• Syllabification: ma‧nik

manik (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜒᜃ᜔)

1. glass bead

• “manik”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “manik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 769
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 289

• manka, manmk, mamnk, manix, mamk, mamnka

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• IPA^(key): /manik/

manik (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⴰⵏⵉⴽ, Arabic spelling مانيك)

1. how

   مانيك تسكرت؟ ― manik tskrt? ― how did you do it?

   مانيك ا نّ تڭيت؟ ― manik a nn tgit? ― how are you?

   اور سّينغ مانيك ا يسكر. ― ur ssinġ manik a iskr ― I don't know how he did it.

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 3 m—š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1705a

From man (“man”) +‎ -ik (“adjectival suffix”).

• IPA^(key): [ma.ˈnik]

manik

1. male, masculine, manly (of or relating to a man, men)
2. (grammar) masculine

• gianamanik
• maniko
• vöd manik (“masculine word”)