म्हणणे

Marathi

Etymology

Marathi verb set
म्हणणे (mhaṇṇe)
म्हणवणे (mhaṇavṇe)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘥𑘜𑘜𑘹 (bhaṇaṇe), 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘜𑘹 (mhaṇaṇe), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀪𑀡𑀇 (bhaṇaï), Sanskrit भनति (bhánati), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰ-né-h₂-ti. Cognate to Konkani म्हण्चे (mhaṇce), Gujarati ભણવું (bhaṇvũ), Nepali भन्नु (bhannu), Awadhi मने (mane).

Verb

म्हणणे • (mhaṇṇe) (transitive)

to say
to recite

Derived terms

म्हणून (mhaṇūn, “thus, therefore”)

References

Berntsen, Maxine, “म्हणणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “म्हणणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhánati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press