معنوی

See also: معنوي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْنَوِيّ (maʕnawiyy).

Adjective

معنوی • (manevi)

1. spiritual
2. unworldly
3. mental
4. moral

Descendants

• Turkish: manevi

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْنَوِيّ (maʕnawiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maʔ.na.ˈwiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.nä.wíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.nä.wíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.nä.wíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.nä.wí]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.næ.víː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.næ.víː]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [mæː.næ.víː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.nä.ví]

• Rhymes: -iː

Readings
Classical reading?	ma'nawī
Dari reading?	ma'nawī
Iranian reading?	ma'navi
Tajik reading?	ma'navi

Adjective

Dari	معنوی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маънавӣ

مَعنَوی • (ma'navi) (comparative مَعنَوی‌تَر, superlative مَعنَوی‌تَرین)

1. semantic
2. mental

   مالکیت معنوی ― mâlekiyat-e ma'navi ― intangible property

3. spiritual
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 4229:

     خوش بیان کرد آن حکیم غزنوی
     بهر محجوبان مثال معنوی

     xoš bayân kard ân hakim-e ġaznavi
     bahr-e mahjubân mesâl-e ma'navi

     Well did the Sage of Ghazna set forth the [following] spiritual parable for the sake of those who are veiled [from perception of the truth].

Related terms

• مَعنَویَت (ma'naviyat)
• مَعنی (ma'ni)

Descendants

• → Chagatai: معنوی (mʿnwy /⁠⁠ma'nawī, mä'näwī⁠/)
  • Uyghur: مەنىۋى (meniwi)
  • Uzbek: maʼnaviy
• → Urdu: مَعْنَوِی (ma'navī)

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic مَعْنَوِيّ (maʕnawiyy)

Classical Persian مَعْنَوِی (ma'nawī)bor.

Urdu معنوی

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَعْنَوِی (ma'nawī), from Arabic مَعْنَوِيّ (maʕnawiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɑː.(ʔ)nə.ʋiː/

Adjective

مَعْنَوِی • (ma'navī) (Hindi spelling मानविय)

1. significant, mental, intellectual, inner, personal
2. spiritual, semantic

Further reading

• “معنوی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “معنوی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.