منیت

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُنْیَت (munyat), from Arabic مُنْيَة (munya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊn.jət̪/ (standard)
• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mʊ.niː.jət̪/ (colloquial)
• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

مُنْیَت • (munyat, munīyat) f (Hindi spelling मुन्यत or मुनीयत)

1. wish, desire, hope

References

• “منیت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “منیت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John Thompson (1884) “منیت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
• John Shakespear (1834) “منیت”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC