من

Arabic

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /mann/

Noun

مَنّ • (mann) m

1. verbal noun of مَنَّ (manna) (form I)
2. gracious bestowal
3. favor
4. benefit, blessing, boon
5. gift, largess
6. honeydew
7. manna
8. (unit of mass) maund (plural: أَمْنَان (ʔamnān))

Synonyms

• مِنَّة (minna)

Declension

Declension of noun مَنّ (mann)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنّ mann	الْمَنّ al-mann	مَنّ mann
Nominative	مَنٌّ mannun	الْمَنُّ al-mannu	مَنُّ mannu
Accusative	مَنًّا mannan	الْمَنَّ al-manna	مَنَّ manna
Genitive	مَنٍّ mannin	الْمَنِّ al-manni	مَنِّ manni

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /min/

Preposition

مِنْ • (min)

1. of
2. some of
3. from, away from, out of
4. pertaining to
5. (time) at, on
6. to wit
7. in relation to, with respect to
8. due to, owing to

   مَاتَ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ

   māta mina l-ʕaṭaši

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9. (used to construe certain verbs)

   تَمَكَّنُوا مِنْهُ ― tamakkanū minhu ― They took power over him

10. between; in contrast with

    مَيَّزَ الْجَيِّدَ مِنَ الرَّدِيءِ

    mayyaza l-jayyida mina ar-radīʔi

    (He) differentiated between the good and the bad

    عَرَفَ الْحَقَّ مِنَ الْبَاطِلِ

    ʕarafa l-ḥaqqa mina al-bāṭili

    (He) knew truth from falsehood

    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:220:

      وَاللهُ يَعْلَمُ الْمُفْسِدَ مِنَ الْمُصْلِحِ

      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					مِنْ (min)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	مِنِّي (minnī)		مِنَّا (minnā)
Second person	مِنْكَ (minka)	مِنْكِ (minki)	مِنْكُمَا (minkumā)	مِنْكُمْ (minkum)	مِنْكُنَّ (minkunna)
Third person	مِنْهُ (minhu)	مِنْهَا (minhā)	مِنْهُمَا (minhumā)	مِنْهُمْ (minhum)	مِنْهُنَّ (minhunna)

Derived terms

• مِمَّا (mimmā)
• مِمَّنْ (mimman)

Conjunction

مِنْ • (min)

1. as, like (in comparisons)
2. than (with comparatives)

Pronunciation 3

• IPA^(key): /man/

Pronoun

مَنْ • (man) m

1. (interrogative) who?
2. (interrogative) which?, which one?
3. (relative) who, the one who, he who, those who, everyone who
4. (conditional) whoever

   مَنْ جَدَّ وَجَدَ ― man jadda wajada ― seek and ye shall find (literally, “Whoever strives will find”)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 99:7-8:

     فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَال ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ / وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ

     faman yaʕmal miṯqāl ḏarratin ḵayran yarahu / waman yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin šarran yarahu

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Usage notes

• Grammatically a masculine singular, the pronoun is semantically gender- and number-neutral.

Pronunciation 4

• IPA^(key): /man.na/

Verb

مَنَّ • (manna) I, non-past يَمُنُّ‎ (yamunnu)

1. to be kind, kindly, benign, gracious, benevolent (عَلَى (ʕalā))
2. to show, to grant, to confer (عَلَى (ʕalā))

Conjugation

Conjugation of

مَنَّ

(form-I geminate, verbal noun مَنّ)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						مَنّ mann
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مَانّ mānn
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَمْنُون mamnūn
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مَنَنْتُ manantu	مَنَنْتَ mananta	مَنَّ manna		مَنَنْتُمَا manantumā	مَنَّا mannā		مَنَنَّا manannā	مَنَنْتُمْ manantum	مَنُّوا mannū
	f		مَنَنْتِ mananti	مَنَّتْ mannat			مَنَّتَا mannatā			مَنَنْتُنَّ manantunna	مَنَنَّ mananna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَمُنُّ ʔamunnu	تَمُنُّ tamunnu	يَمُنُّ yamunnu		تَمُنَّانِ tamunnāni	يَمُنَّانِ yamunnāni		نَمُنُّ namunnu	تَمُنُّونَ tamunnūna	يَمُنُّونَ yamunnūna
	f		تَمُنِّينَ tamunnīna	تَمُنُّ tamunnu			تَمُنَّانِ tamunnāni			تَمْنُنَّ tamnunna	يَمْنُنَّ yamnunna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَمُنَّ ʔamunna	تَمُنَّ tamunna	يَمُنَّ yamunna		تَمُنَّا tamunnā	يَمُنَّا yamunnā		نَمُنَّ namunna	تَمُنُّوا tamunnū	يَمُنُّوا yamunnū
	f		تَمُنِّي tamunnī	تَمُنَّ tamunna			تَمُنَّا tamunnā			تَمْنُنَّ tamnunna	يَمْنُنَّ yamnunna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَمُنَّ or أَمُنِّ or أَمْنُنْ ʔamunna or ʔamunni or ʔamnun	تَمُنَّ or تَمُنِّ or تَمْنُنْ tamunna or tamunni or tamnun	يَمُنَّ or يَمُنِّ or يَمْنُنْ yamunna or yamunni or yamnun		تَمُنَّا tamunnā	يَمُنَّا yamunnā		نَمُنَّ or نَمُنِّ or نَمْنُنْ namunna or namunni or namnun	تَمُنُّوا tamunnū	يَمُنُّوا yamunnū
	f		تَمُنِّي tamunnī	تَمُنَّ or تَمُنِّ or تَمْنُنْ tamunna or tamunni or tamnun			تَمُنَّا tamunnā			تَمْنُنَّ tamnunna	يَمْنُنَّ yamnunna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		مُنَّ or مُنِّ or اُمْنُنْ munna or munni or umnun			مُنَّا munnā				مُنُّوا munnū
	f		مُنِّي munnī							اُمْنُنَّ umnunna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مُنِنْتُ munintu	مُنِنْتَ muninta	مُنَّ munna		مُنِنْتُمَا munintumā	مُنَّا munnā		مُنِنَّا muninnā	مُنِنْتُمْ munintum	مُنُّوا munnū
	f		مُنِنْتِ muninti	مُنَّتْ munnat			مُنَّتَا munnatā			مُنِنْتُنَّ munintunna	مُنِنَّ muninna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُمَنُّ ʔumannu	تُمَنُّ tumannu	يُمَنُّ yumannu		تُمَنَّانِ tumannāni	يُمَنَّانِ yumannāni		نُمَنُّ numannu	تُمَنُّونَ tumannūna	يُمَنُّونَ yumannūna
	f		تُمَنِّينَ tumannīna	تُمَنُّ tumannu			تُمَنَّانِ tumannāni			تُمْنَنَّ tumnanna	يُمْنَنَّ yumnanna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُمَنَّ ʔumanna	تُمَنَّ tumanna	يُمَنَّ yumanna		تُمَنَّا tumannā	يُمَنَّا yumannā		نُمَنَّ numanna	تُمَنُّوا tumannū	يُمَنُّوا yumannū
	f		تُمَنِّي tumannī	تُمَنَّ tumanna			تُمَنَّا tumannā			تُمْنَنَّ tumnanna	يُمْنَنَّ yumnanna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُمَنَّ or أُمَنِّ or أُمْنَنْ ʔumanna or ʔumanni or ʔumnan	تُمَنَّ or تُمَنِّ or تُمْنَنْ tumanna or tumanni or tumnan	يُمَنَّ or يُمَنِّ or يُمْنَنْ yumanna or yumanni or yumnan		تُمَنَّا tumannā	يُمَنَّا yumannā		نُمَنَّ or نُمَنِّ or نُمْنَنْ numanna or numanni or numnan	تُمَنُّوا tumannū	يُمَنُّوا yumannū
	f		تُمَنِّي tumannī	تُمَنَّ or تُمَنِّ or تُمْنَنْ tumanna or tumanni or tumnan			تُمَنَّا tumannā			تُمْنَنَّ tumnanna	يُمْنَنَّ yumnanna

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “من”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 211–212
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “من”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 1084–1085

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Azerbaijani

Pronoun

Other scripts

Cyrillic		мән
Abjad		من

1. Arabic spelling of mən (“I”)

Declension

Declension of من

	singular	plural
nominative	من	منلر
definite accusative	منی	منلری
dative	منه	منلره
locative	منده	منلرده
ablative	مندن	منلردن
definite genitive	منین	منلرین

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Central Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian من (man).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

Pronoun

من (min)

1. I
2. me
3. my, mine

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North Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic مِن (min, “from, of, than”).

Preposition

من • (min, mn, mni)

1. than
2. from, of

   تعبت من الحكي

   tʿibt mni l-ḥaki

   I’m tired of talking.

Usage notes

• The underlying form is min, but the pronunciation is determined by the phonotactical environment. The medial -i- will usually be deleted following vowels (including epenthetic linking vowels as in the example above).
• Suffixes are attached to the stem minn-, for example منك (minnak, “from you”). The third-person singular feminine merges with the first-person plural as منا (minna, “from her; from us”). However, the feminine may also be realized as منها (minha), and the plural occasionally as منِنا (minina, specifically /mɪnina/), to avoid confusion. (The latter change is rarer, but can be seen somewhat-more-commonly in analogous dialectical derivations of the stem إن (inn-, “that”).)

Etymology 2

From Arabic مُنْذُ (munḏu, “since, for”).

Preposition

من • (min)

1. ago

   شفتك من كم يوم

   shiftak min kam yōm

   I saw you a few days ago.

2. since

   من إيام المدرسة مش حاكيين

   min ʼiyyām il-madrase mish ḥākyīn

   We haven't spoken since [our] school days.

Conjunction

من • (min)

1. since ... was/were; followed by a personal pronoun + و to express a now-untrue past state

   من أنا وصغير

   min ana w-ṣḡīr

   since I was little

   من نحنا وبالمدرسة مش حاكيين

   min niḥna w-bi-l-madrase mish ḥākyīn

   We haven't spoken since we were in school.

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَا إنَّ (mā ʔinna).

Adverb

من • (mann)

1. (false verb) not to be (always followed by a personal suffix)

   المحل منو مفتوح

   l-maḥall mannu maftūḥ

   The shop isn’t open.

Synonyms

• مش (miš)
• مان (mān) (regional)

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰢𐰤 (män, “I”).

Pronoun

من • (men)

1. I

Synonyms

• بن (ben)

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Pashto

Noun

من • (man) m

1. maund (unit of mass)

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Persian

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /mæn/
• IPA^(key): [mæ]

Pronoun

Dari	من
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ман

1. I

   من رفتم.

   man raftam.

   I went.

   او من را دید.

   u man râ did.

   He saw me.

2. (generally with following را) me
3. (at the end of an ezafe) my

Usage notes

• The form من را (man râ) can be contracted into مرا (marâ), or colloquially منو (mano).

Synonyms

• بنده (bande), اینجانب (injâneb), این حقیر (in haqir) (deferential, humble)

Noun

من • (man)

1. maund (unit of mass)

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Urdu

Noun

من • (man) ? (Hindi spelling मन)

1. maund (unit of mass)