مڱڻو
Appearance
Sindhi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀡 (maggaṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit मार्गण (mārgaṇa).[1] Cognate with Urdu مَن٘گْنِی (maṅgnī).
Noun
[edit]مَڱِڻو • (maṅiṇo) m (Devanagari मङिणो)
- engagement; betrothal (for marriage)
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mārgaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 579
Further reading
[edit]- Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “مڱڻو”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 557
- Sindhi Language Authority (2026), “مڱڻو”, in Online Sindhi Dictionaries[1]