معنوی

معنوی

See also: معنوي‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْنَوِيّ‎ (maʿnawiyy).

Adjective

1. spiritual
2. unworldly
3. mental
4. moral

Descendants

• Turkish: manevi

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْنَوِيّ‎ (maʿnawiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /maʔnawiː/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /maʔnawiː/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /mæʔnæviː/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /maʔnaviː/

Adjective

Dari	معنوی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маънавӣ (maʾnavī)

مَعنَوی • (ma'navi) (comparative مَعنَوی‌تَر‎ (ma'navi-tar), superlative مَعنَوی‌تَرین‎ (ma'navi-tarin))

1. semantic
2. mental

   ‏مالکیت معنوی‎ ― mâlekiyat-e ma'navi ― intangible property

3. spiritual
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی‎ [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 4229:

     ‏خوش بیان کرد آن حکیم غزنوی / بهر محجوبان مثال معنوی‎

     xoš bayân kard ân hakim-e ğaznavi / bahr-e mahjubân mesâl-e ma'navi

     Well did the Sage of Ghazna set forth the [following] spiritual parable for the sake of those who are veiled [from perception of the truth].

Related terms

• مَعنَویَت‎ (ma'naviyat)
• مَعنی‎ (ma'ni)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mənəvi
• → Ottoman Turkish: معنوی‎
  • Turkish: manevi