मानव

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मानव (mānava).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɑː.nəʋ/, [mäː.nɐʋ]

Noun

मानव • (mānav) m (Urdu spelling مانو)

1. human being
2. man, male
3. mankind, humanity

Declension

Declension of मानव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मानव mānav	मानव mānav
oblique	मानव mānav	मानवों mānavõ
vocative	मानव mānav	मानवो mānavo

Derived terms

• अमानवीय (amānvīya)
• अमानवीयता (amānvīytā)
• मानवता (mānavtā)
• मानववाद (mānavvād)
• मानववादी (mānavvādī)
• मानवविज्ञान (mānavvijñān)
• मानवाधिकार (mānvādhikār)
• मानविकी (mānvikī)

 

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मानव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मानव (mānava).

Noun

मानव • (mānav) m

1. human, human being
2. man, male
3. mankind, humanity

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मानव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मानव”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मानव”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मानव (mānava).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mänʌb]
• Phonetic Devanagari: मानब्

Noun

मानव • (mānav)

1. human, human being
2. man, male
3. mankind, humanity

Derived terms

• अमानवीय (amānavīya)
• अमानवीयता (amānvīyatā)
• मानवता (mānavatā)
• मानविकी (mānavikī)

 

Further reading

• “मानव”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মানৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬵᬦᬯ (Balinese script)
• মানব (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰯𑰡𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀦𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• မာနဝ (Burmese script)
• માનવ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਾਨਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦴꦤꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂰𑂢𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಾನವ (Kannada script)
• មានវ (Khmer script)
• ມານວ (Lao script)
• മാനവ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘰𑘡𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢗᠨᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧑𑧁𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐵𑐣𑐰 (Newa script)
• ମାନଵ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢵꢥꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆳𑆤𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖯𑖡𑖪 (Siddham script)
• මානව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩛𑩯𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚭𑚝𑚦 (Takri script)
• மாநவ (Tamil script)
• మానవ (Telugu script)
• มานว (Thai script)
• མཱ་ན་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒰𑒢𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨊𑨝𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of मनु (mánu).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑ́ː.nɐ.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑː.n̪ɐ.ʋɐ/

Noun

मानव • (mā́nava) stem, m

1. human, human being
2. man, male

   Synonyms: पुरुष (púruṣa), मनुष्य (manuṣyá), नर (nára), मर्त (márta), मानुष (mā́nuṣa, mānuṣá)

3. mankind, humanity

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मानव (mā́nava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मानवः mā́navaḥ	मानवौ / मानवा¹ mā́navau / mā́navā¹	मानवाः / मानवासः¹ mā́navāḥ / mā́navāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मानव mā́nava	मानवौ / मानवा¹ mā́navau / mā́navā¹	मानवाः / मानवासः¹ mā́navāḥ / mā́navāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मानवम् mā́navam	मानवौ / मानवा¹ mā́navau / mā́navā¹	मानवान् mā́navān
Instrumental	मानवेन mā́navena	मानवाभ्याम् mā́navābhyām	मानवैः / मानवेभिः¹ mā́navaiḥ / mā́navebhiḥ¹
Dative	मानवाय mā́navāya	मानवाभ्याम् mā́navābhyām	मानवेभ्यः mā́navebhyaḥ
Ablative	मानवात् mā́navāt	मानवाभ्याम् mā́navābhyām	मानवेभ्यः mā́navebhyaḥ
Genitive	मानवस्य mā́navasya	मानवयोः mā́navayoḥ	मानवानाम् mā́navānām
Locative	मानवे mā́nave	मानवयोः mā́navayoḥ	मानवेषु mā́naveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Bengali: মানব (manob)
• → Chinese: 摩那婆 (mónàpó)
• → Gujarati: માનવ (mānav)
• → Hindi: मानव (mānav)
• → Kannada: ಮಾನವ (mānava)
• → Marathi: मानव (mānav)
• → Punjabi: ਮਾਨਵ (mānav)
• → Tamil: மாணவன் (māṇavaṉ), மானவன் (māṉavaṉ)
• → Telugu: మానవ (mānava)
  • ⇒ Telugu: మానవుడు (mānavuḍu)
• → Tulu: ಮಾನವ (mānava)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मानव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 809, column 3.