معنی

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic مَعْنَى (maʕnā).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? ma'nā, ma'nī
Dari reading? ma'nā, ma'nī
Iranian reading? ma'nâ, ma'ni
Tajik reading? maʾno, maʾni

Noun

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Dari معنی
Iranian Persian
Tajik маънӣ, маъно

مَعنی (ma'ni) (plural مَعانی (ma'âni) or مَعنی‌ها (ma'ni-hâ))

  1. meaning, sense
    Synonym: چم (čam)
    به زبان اردو، این کلمه به معنی « بزرگ/کلان » است.
    be zabân-e ordu, in kalame be ma'ni-ye "bozorg" ast.
    In Urdu, this word means "big".
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 1441—1442:
      هم صفیر مرغ آموزند خلق، کین سخن کار دهان افتاد و حلق، لیک از معنی مرغان بی‌خبر.
      ham safīr-i murğ āmōzand xalq, k-īn suxan kār-i dahān uftād u halq, lēk az ma'nī-i murğān bē-xabar.
      Likewise, people learn the note of birds, for this speech [of birds] is an affair of the mouth and throat; but [all are] ignorant of the birds' meaning.
  2. essence, spirit
  3. reality

Derived terms

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Urdu

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَعْنَى (maʕnā) via Classical Persian معنی (ma'nī, ma'nā).

Noun

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معنی (ma'nīf (Hindi spelling मानी)

  1. meaning
  2. intent

Synonyms

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