मणि
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मणि (maṇí).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mə.niː/
Noun
मणि • (maṇi) m (Urdu spelling منی)
- jewel, gem
- Synonyms: जौहर (jauhar), रत्न (ratna)
Declension
Declension of मणि | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Direct | मणि (maṇi) | मणि (maṇi) |
Oblique | मणि (maṇi) | मणियों (maṇiyõ) |
Vocative | मणि (maṇi) | मणियो (maṇiyo) |
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maníš, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-is (“ornament, jewel”), from *mon- (“neck”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬎-𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌 (zarənu-maini, “with a golden neck ornament”), Latin monile (“jewel”), Old Norse men (“necklace”), Old English mene (“necklace”).
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬡᬶ (Balinese script)
- মণি (Assamese script)
- মণি (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰜𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀡𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑌣𑌿 (Grantha script)
- મણિ (Gujarati script)
- ꦩꦟꦶ (Javanese script)
- ಮಣಿ (Kannada script)
- မဏိ (Burmese script)
- ମଣି (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢠꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆟𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖜𑖰 (Siddham script)
- మణి (Telugu script)
- མཎི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒝𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɳí/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ.ɳi/
Noun
मणि • (maṇí) m
- jewel, gem, pearl; any ornament or amulet, globule, crystal
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
- magnet, loadstone
- (anatomy) glans penis
- c. 600 BCE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā
- name of the jewel-lotus prayer
- the hump (of a camel)
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
- the dependent fleshy excrescences on a goat's neck
- 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā
- A male given name
Declension
Masculine i-stem declension of मणि (maṇí) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मणिः maṇíḥ | मणी maṇī́ | मणयः maṇáyaḥ |
Vocative | मणे máṇe | मणी máṇī | मणयः máṇayaḥ |
Accusative | मणिम् maṇím | मणी maṇī́ | मणीन् maṇī́n |
Instrumental | मणिना / मण्या¹ maṇínā / maṇyā̀¹ | मणिभ्याम् maṇíbhyām | मणिभिः maṇíbhiḥ |
Dative | मणये / मण्ये² maṇáye / maṇyè² | मणिभ्याम् maṇíbhyām | मणिभ्यः maṇíbhyaḥ |
Ablative | मणेः / मण्यः² maṇéḥ / maṇyàḥ² | मणिभ्याम् maṇíbhyām | मणिभ्यः maṇíbhyaḥ |
Genitive | मणेः / मण्यः² maṇéḥ / maṇyàḥ² | मण्योः maṇyóḥ | मणीनाम् maṇīnā́m |
Locative | मणौ maṇaú | मण्योः maṇyóḥ | मणिषु maṇíṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms
- चूडामणि (cūḍāmaṇi, “jewel on the crown”)
- तृणमणि (tṛṇamaṇi, “amber”)
- शिरोमणि (śiromaṇi)
Descendants
- → Hindi: मणि (maṇi)
- → Burmese: မဏိ (ma.ni.)
- → Tamil: மணி (maṇi)
- → Telugu: మణి (maṇi)
- → Urdu: منی (manī)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मणि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0774.