म्हणणे

Marathi

Etymology

Marathi verb set
म्हणणे (mhaṇṇe)
म्हणवणे (mhaṇavṇe)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘥𑘜𑘜𑘹 (bhaṇaṇe), 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘜𑘹 (mhaṇaṇe), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀪𑀡𑀇 (bhaṇaï), Sanskrit भनति (bhánati), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰ-né-h₂-ti. Cognate to Konkani म्हण्चे (mhaṇce), Gujarati ભણવું (bhaṇvũ), Nepali भन्नु (bhannu), Awadhi मने (mane).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /mʱəɳ.ɳe/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /mʱəɳ.ɳə/

Verb

म्हणणे • (mhaṇṇe) (transitive)

1. to say
2. to recite

Derived terms

• म्हणून (mhaṇūn, “thus, therefore”)

See also

• बोलणे (bolṇe)
• सांगणे (sāṅgṇe)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “म्हणणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “म्हणणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhánati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press