-ମାନେ

Odia

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Odia -ମାନ (-māna), -ମାଣ (-māṇa), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀯 (māṇava, “man”), from Sanskrit मानव (mānava); adopting the word for “man” as a plural affix.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /man̪e/

Suffix

-ମାନେ (-mane)

  1. plural marker of nouns

See also

References
  1. Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, pages 97, 525
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