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)

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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

• 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)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मणि • (maṇí) stem, m

1. jewel, gem, pearl; any ornament or amulet, globule, crystal
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. magnet, loadstone
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 / maṇyā́¹	मणिभ्याम् maṇíbhyām	मणिभिः maṇíbhiḥ
Dative	मणये maṇáye	मणिभ्याम् maṇíbhyām	मणिभ्यः maṇíbhyaḥ
Ablative	मणेः / मण्यः¹ maṇéḥ / maṇyáḥ¹	मणिभ्याम् maṇíbhyām	मणिभ्यः maṇíbhyaḥ
Genitive	मणेः / मण्यः¹ maṇéḥ / maṇyáḥ¹	मण्योः maṇyóḥ	मणीनाम् maṇīnā́m
Locative	मणौ / मणा¹ maṇaú / maṇā́¹	मण्योः maṇyóḥ	मणिषु maṇíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• → Hindi: मणि (maṇi)
• → Burmese: မဏိ (ma.ni.)
• → 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.