मणि

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मणि (maṇí).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mə.ɳiː/, [mɐ.ɳiː]

Noun

मणि • (maṇi) m (Urdu spelling منی)

  1. jewel, gem
    Synonyms: जौहर (jauhar), रत्न (ratna)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

मणि • (maṇí) stem, m

  1. jewel, gem, pearl; any ornament or amulet, globule, crystal
  2. magnet, lodestone
  3. (anatomy) glans penis
  4. name of the jewel-lotus prayer
  5. the hump (of a camel)
  6. the dependent fleshy excrescences on a goat's neck
  7. a male given name

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of मणि (maṇí)
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 / maṇyā́¹
मणिभ्याम्
maṇíbhyām
मणिभिः
maṇíbhiḥ
Dative मणये
maṇáye
मणिभ्याम्
maṇíbhyām
मणिभ्यः
maṇíbhyaḥ
Ablative मणेः / मण्यः¹
maṇéḥ / maṇyáḥ¹
मणिभ्याम्
maṇíbhyām
मणिभ्यः
maṇíbhyaḥ
Genitive मणेः / मण्यः¹
maṇéḥ / maṇyáḥ¹
मण्योः
maṇyóḥ
मणीनाम्
maṇīnā́m
Locative मणौ / मणा¹
maṇaú / maṇā́¹
मण्योः
maṇyóḥ
मणिषु
maṇíṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 293-4
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