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

Proper noun

मानव • (mānav) m

1. a male given name, Manav, from Sanskrit

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): /mɑː.n̪ɐ.ʋɐ/

Noun

मानव • (mā́nava) stem, m

1. human, human being
2. man, male

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

3. mankind, humanity

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मानव

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मानवः (mā́navaḥ)	मानवौ (mā́navau) मानवा¹ (mā́navā¹)	मानवाः (mā́navāḥ) मानवासः¹ (mā́navāsaḥ¹)
accusative	मानवम् (mā́navam)	मानवौ (mā́navau) मानवा¹ (mā́navā¹)	मानवान् (mā́navān)
instrumental	मानवेन (mā́navena)	मानवाभ्याम् (mā́navābhyām)	मानवैः (mā́navaiḥ) मानवेभिः¹ (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)
vocative	मानव (mā́nava)	मानवौ (mā́navau) मानवा¹ (mā́navā¹)	मानवाः (mā́navāḥ) मानवासः¹ (mā́navāsaḥ¹)

• 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.