मणि

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मणि (maṇí).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mə.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

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Sanskrit

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”).

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬫᬡᬶ (Balinese script)
• মণি (Assamese script)
• মণি (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰜𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀡𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌮𑌣𑌿 (Grantha script)
• મણિ (Gujarati script)
• ꦩꦟꦶ (Javanese script)
• មណិ (Khmer script)
• ಮಣಿ (Kannada script)
• ມຓິ (Lao script)
• 𑘦𑘜𑘱 (Modi script)
• မဏိ (Burmese script)
• 𑧆𑦼𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐞𑐶 (Newa script)
• ମଣି (Oriya script)
• ꢪꢠꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆟𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖜𑖰 (Siddham script)
• మణి (Telugu script)
• มณิ (Thai script)
• མཎི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒝𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मणि • (maṇí) m

1. jewel, gem, pearl; any ornament or amulet, globule, crystal
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 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 (maṇí)
	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 / मण्या¹ maṇínā / maṇyā̀¹	मणिभ्याम् maṇíbhyām	मणिभिः maṇíbhiḥ
Dative	मणये / मण्ये² maṇáye / maṇyè²	मणिभ्याम् maṇíbhyām	मणिभ्यः maṇíbhyaḥ
Ablative	मणेः / मण्यः² maṇéḥ / maṇyàḥ²	मणिभ्याम् maṇíbhyām	मणिभ्यः maṇíbhyaḥ
Genitive	मणेः / मण्यः² maṇéḥ / maṇyàḥ²	मण्योः maṇyóḥ	मणीनाम् maṇīnā́m
Locative	मणौ maṇaú	मण्योः maṇyóḥ	मणिषु maṇíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• Pali: maṇi
  • → Burmese: မဏိ (ma.ni.)
• → Hindi: मणि (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 458052227, page 0774.