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मणि

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मणि (maṇí).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.ɳiː/, [mɐ.ɳiː]

Noun

मणि • (maṇi) m (Urdu spelling منی)

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

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
direct	मणि maṇi	मणि maṇi
oblique	मणि maṇi	मणियों maṇiyõ
vocative	मणि maṇi	मणियो maṇiyo

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Declension of मणि (masc i-stem)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

মণি (Assamese script)
ᬫᬡᬶ (Balinese script)
মণি (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰜𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀡𑀺 (Brahmi script)
မဏိ (Burmese script)
મણિ (Gujarati script)
ਮਣਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌣𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦟꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂝𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಮಣಿ (Kannada script)
មណិ (Khmer script)
ມຓິ (Lao script)
മണി (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᢏᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘜𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᢏᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑦼𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐞𑐶 (Newa script)
ମଣି (Odia script)
ꢪꢠꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆟𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖜𑖰 (Siddham script)
මණි (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩪𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚘𑚮 (Takri script)
மணி (Tamil script)
మణి (Telugu script)
มณิ (Thai script)
མ་ཎི (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒝𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨘𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

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 (zar^ənu-maⁱni, “with a golden neck ornament”), Latin monile (“jewel”), Old Norse men (“necklace”), Old English mene (“necklace”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɳí/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɳi/

Noun

मणि • (maṇí) stem, m

jewel, gem, pearl; any ornament or amulet, globule, crystal
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
magnet, lodestone
(anatomy) glans penis
- c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, 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

More information singular, dual ...

Masculine i-stem declension of मणि
	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 (maṇínā) मण्या¹ (maṇyā́¹)	मणिभ्याम् (maṇíbhyām)	मणिभिः (maṇíbhiḥ)
dative	मणये (maṇáye)	मणिभ्याम् (maṇíbhyām)	मणिभ्यः (maṇíbhyaḥ)
ablative	मणेः (maṇéḥ) मण्यः¹ (maṇyáḥ¹)	मणिभ्याम् (maṇíbhyām)	मणिभ्यः (maṇíbhyaḥ)
genitive	मणेः (maṇéḥ) मण्यः¹ (maṇyáḥ¹)	मण्योः (maṇyóḥ)	मणीनाम् (maṇīnā́m)
locative	मणौ (maṇaú) मणा¹ (maṇā́¹)	मण्योः (maṇyóḥ)	मणिषु (maṇíṣu)

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Derived terms

चूडामणि (cūḍāmaṇi, “jewel on the crown”)
तृणमणि (tṛṇamaṇi, “amber”)
शिरोमणि (śiromaṇi)

Descendants

Pali: maṇi
- → Burmese: မဏိ (ma.ni.)
→ Hindi: मणि (maṇi)
→ Malayalam: മണി (maṇi)
→ Old Javanese: maṇi, maṇik
- Javanese: ꦩꦤꦶꦏ꧀ (manik)
- → Balinese: ᬫᬡᬷᬓ᭄ (manik)
→ 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, page 0774/3.

[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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