منا

Punjabi

Verb

مَنا • (manā)

1. inflection of مَناݨا (manāṇā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular familiar imperative

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀁𑀟 (muṃḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit मुण्ड (muṇḍa). Cognate with Punjabi ਮੁੰਡਾ (muṇḍā), ਮੁੰਨਾ (munnā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊn.nɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

مُنّا • (munnā) m (female equivalent مُنّی (munnī), Hindi spelling मुन्ना)

1. (endearing) darling, dear, boy (especially of a child)

Declension

Declension of منا

	singular	plural
direct	مُنّا (munnā)	مُنّے (munne)
oblique	مُنّے (munne)	مُنّوں (munnõ)
vocative	مُنّے (munne)	مُنّو (munno)

Further reading

• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “منا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1118
• Platts, John T. (1884), “منا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1069
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “منا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 610
• “منا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.