मणि

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मणि (maṇí).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.ɳiː/, [mɐ.ɳiː]

Noun

मणि • (maṇi) m (Urdu spelling منی)

1. jewel, gem

   Synonyms: जौहर (jauhar), रत्न (ratna)

Declension

Declension of मणि (masc i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मणि maṇi	मणि maṇi
oblique	मणि maṇi	मणियों maṇiyõ
vocative	मणि maṇi	मणियो maṇiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মণি (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬡᬶ (Balinese script)
• মণি (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰜𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀡𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• မဏိ (Burmese script)
• મણિ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਣਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌣𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦟꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂝𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಣಿ (Kannada script)
• មណិ (Khmer script)
• ມຓິ (Lao script)
• മണി (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᢏᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘜𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢏᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑦼𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐞𑐶 (Newa script)
• ମଣି (Odia script)
• ꢪꢠꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆟𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖜𑖰 (Siddham script)
• මණි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩪𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚘𑚮 (Takri script)
• மணி (Tamil script)
• మణి (Telugu script)
• มณิ (Thai script)
• མ་ཎི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒝𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨘𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maníš, from Proto-Indo-European *mon-is (“ornament, jewel”), from *mon- (“neck”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬎-𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌 (zar^ənu-maⁱni, “with a golden neck ornament”), Latin monile (“jewel”), Old Norse men (“necklace”), Old English mene (“necklace”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɳí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɳi/

Noun

मणि • (maṇí) stem, m

1. jewel, gem, pearl; any ornament or amulet, globule, crystal
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. magnet, lodestone
3. (anatomy) glans penis
   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā
4. name of the jewel-lotus prayer
5. the hump (of a camel)
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
6. the dependent fleshy excrescences on a goat's neck
   • 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā
7. a male given name

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of मणि

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मणिः (maṇíḥ)	मणी (maṇī́)	मणयः (maṇáyaḥ)
vocative	मणे (máṇe)	मणी (máṇī)	मणयः (máṇayaḥ)
accusative	मणिम् (maṇím)	मणी (maṇī́)	मणीन् (maṇī́n)
instrumental	मणिना (maṇínā) मण्या¹ (maṇyā́¹)	मणिभ्याम् (maṇíbhyām)	मणिभिः (maṇíbhiḥ)
dative	मणये (maṇáye)	मणिभ्याम् (maṇíbhyām)	मणिभ्यः (maṇíbhyaḥ)
ablative	मणेः (maṇéḥ) मण्यः¹ (maṇyáḥ¹)	मणिभ्याम् (maṇíbhyām)	मणिभ्यः (maṇíbhyaḥ)
genitive	मणेः (maṇéḥ) मण्यः¹ (maṇyáḥ¹)	मण्योः (maṇyóḥ)	मणीनाम् (maṇīnā́m)
locative	मणौ (maṇaú) मणा¹ (maṇā́¹)	मण्योः (maṇyóḥ)	मणिषु (maṇíṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• चूडामणि (cūḍāmaṇi, “jewel on the crown”)
• तृणमणि (tṛṇamaṇi, “amber”)
• शिरोमणि (śiromaṇi)

Descendants

• Pali: maṇi
  • → Burmese: မဏိ (ma.ni.)
• → Hindi: मणि (maṇi)
• → Malayalam: മണി (maṇi)
• → Old Javanese: maṇi, maṇik
  • Javanese: ꦩꦤꦶꦏ꧀ (manik)
  • → Balinese: ᬫᬡᬷᬓ᭄ (manik)
• → Tamil: மணி (maṇi)
• → Telugu: మణి (maṇi)
• → Urdu: منی (manī)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मणि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0774/3.