मना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian منع (man'), from Arabic مَنْع (manʕ), verbal noun of مَنَعَ (manaʕa, “to prevent, forbid”). Compare Bengali মানা (mana), Dhivehi މަނާ (manā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mə.nɑː/, [mɐ.näː]

Adjective

मना • (manā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling منع)

1. forbidden, prohibited

   यहाँ धूम्रपान मना है। ― yahā̃ dhūmrapān manā hai. ― Smoking is forbidden here.

2. denial

   Synonym: नकार (nakār)

Derived terms

• मना करना (manā karnā)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मना”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• manā (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• মনা (Bengali script)
• මනා (Sinhalese script)
• မနာ or မၼႃ (Burmese script)
• มนา or มะนา (Thai script)
• ᨾᨶᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ມນາ or ມະນາ (Lao script)
• មនា (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄚𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

मना (manā)

1. Devanagari script form of manā, which is ablative/vocative singular of मनस् (manas, “mind”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মনা (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
• মনা (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• မနာ (Burmese script)
• મના (Gujarati script)
• ਮਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಮನಾ (Kannada script)
• មនា (Khmer script)
• ມນາ (Lao script)
• മനാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
• ମନା (Odia script)
• ꢪꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
• මනා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
• மநா (Tamil script)
• మనా (Telugu script)
• มนา (Thai script)
• མ་ནཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root मन् (man) +‎ -आ (-ā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.nɑ́ː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.n̪ɑː/

Noun

मना • (manā́) stem, f

1. devotion, attachment, zeal, eagerness
2. envy, jealousy

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मना (manā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मना manā́	मने mané	मनाः manā́ḥ
Vocative	मने máne	मने máne	मनाः mánāḥ
Accusative	मनाम् manā́m	मने mané	मनाः manā́ḥ
Instrumental	मनया / मना¹ manáyā / manā́¹	मनाभ्याम् manā́bhyām	मनाभिः manā́bhiḥ
Dative	मनायै manā́yai	मनाभ्याम् manā́bhyām	मनाभ्यः manā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	मनायाः / मनायै² manā́yāḥ / manā́yai²	मनाभ्याम् manā́bhyām	मनाभ्यः manā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	मनायाः / मनायै² manā́yāḥ / manā́yai²	मनयोः manáyoḥ	मनानाम् manā́nām
Locative	मनायाम् manā́yām	मनयोः manáyoḥ	मनासु manā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 784, column 1.