ممنوع

Arabic

Root
م ن ع (m-n-ʕ)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb مَنَعَ (manaʕa, to forbid).

Adjective

مَمْنُوع • (mamnūʕ) (feminine مَمْنُوعَة (mamnūʕa), masculine plural مَمْنُوعُونَ (mamnūʕūna), feminine plural مَمْنُوعَات (mamnūʕāt))

  1. forbidden
    Synonym: مَحْظُور (maḥẓūr)
    Antonyms: مَسْمُوح (masmūḥ), مُبَاح (mubāḥ)
  2. hindered
  3. prevented
  4. (grammar) uninflected, undeclinable

Declension

Derived terms

  • مَمْنُوع مِن الصَّرْف (mamnūʕ min aṣ-ṣarf)

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: məmnu
  • Persian: ممنوع
  • Ottoman Turkish: ممنوع (memnu')
    • Turkish: memnu
  • Uzbek: mamnu'

References

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
Dari ممنوع
Iranian Persian
Tajik мамнӯъ
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [mäm.núːʔ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [mäm.núː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [mäm.nú]

Readings
Classical reading? mamnū'
Dari reading? mamnū'
Iranian reading? mamnu'
Tajik reading? mamnuʾ

Adjective

ممنوع • (mamnu')

  1. prohibited
  2. forbidden
  • ممنوعه (mamnu'e)
  • ممنوع کردن (mamnu' kardan)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ن ع
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَمْنُوع (mamnūʕ). Equivalent to the passive participle of منع (manaʕ, to forbid) .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mam.nuːʕ/, [mamˈnuːʕ]
  • (file)

Adjective

ممنوع • (mamnūʕ) (feminine ممنوعة (mamnūʕa))

  1. forbidden, prohibited
    Antonym: مسموح (masmūḥ)
    ممنوع حد يوكل أيّ إشي إلّا بعد ما يغسّل إيديه منيح.
    mamnūʕ ḥad yōkel ʔayy ʔiši ʔilla baʕd mā yḡassel ʔīdēh mnīḥ
    Nobody is allowed to eat anything until they've washed their hands well.
    (literally, “It is forbidden for someone to eat anything except after he washes his hands well.”)

See also

  • منع (manaʕ, to forbid)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ممنوع (mamnu'), taken from Arabic مَمْنُوع (mamnūʕ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَمْنُوع • (mamnūʻ) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मम्नू)

  1. forbidden, prohibited
    Synonym: منع (manaʻ)

References

  • ممنوع”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ممنوع”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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