মন

Assamese

Alternative forms

• মনাই (monai) — less common

Etymology

From Sanskrit मनस् (manas), from Proto-Indo-European *ménos (“mind”), from *men- (“to think”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬋 (manō), Latin mens, Ancient Greek μένος (ménos) and English mind. Compare with Sylheti ꠝꠘ (mon), Bengali মন (mon), Gujarati મન (man), Malayalam മാനസം (mānasaṁ), Marathi मानस (mānas), and Telugu మనసు (manasu), Hindustani من / मन (man)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɔn]

Noun

মন • (mon)

1. mind, intellect

   কথাটো মোৰ মনত পৰিছে। ― kothatü mür monot porise. ― This thought has fallen into my mind. (I have remembered the thought/thing.)

2. (figurative) heart, feeling, emotion

   মোৰ উৰিব মন যায়। ― mür uribo mon zay. ― My heart goes to fly! (I want to fly!)

   মোৰ মনটো বেয়া! ― mür montü bea! ― My mind is bad! (I am feeling sad!)

3. soul
4. temperament
5. intention, desire

Declension

Inflection of মন

	Indefinite forms		Definite forms
			numeral				non-numeral (plural)
			singular		plural		informal
absolutive	মন mon		মনটো montü		মনকেইটা monkeita		মনবোৰ monbür		মনবিলাক monbilak
ergative	মনে mone		মনটোৱে montüe		মনকেইটাই monkeitai		মনবোৰে monbüre		মনবিলাকে monbilake
accusative	মনক monok		মনটোক montük		মনকেইটাক monkeitak		মনবোৰক monbürok		মনবিলাকক monbilakok
genitive	মনৰ monor		মনটোৰ montür		মনকেইটাৰ monkeitar		মনবোৰৰ monbüror		মনবিলাকৰ monbilakor
dative	মনলৈ monoloi		মনটোলৈ montüloi		মনকেইটালৈ monkeitaloi		মনবোৰলৈ monbüroloi		মনবিলাকলৈ monbilakoloi
terminative	মনলৈকে monoloike		মনটোলৈকে montüloike		মনকেইটালৈকে monkeitaloike		মনবোৰলৈকে monbüroloike		মনবিলাকলৈকে monbilakoloike
instrumental	মনেৰে monere		মনটোৰে montüre		মনকেইটাৰে monkeitare		মনবোৰেৰে monbürere		মনবিলাকেৰে monbilakere
locative	মনত monot		মনটোত montüt		মনকেইটাত monkeitat		মনবোৰত monbürot		মনবিলাকত monbilakot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Derived terms

• মন কৰা (mon kora)
• মন দিয়া (mon dia)
• মন মাৰা (mon mara)
• মন মাৰি থকা (mon mari thoka)
• মনত পেলোৱা (monot pelüa)
• মনত পৰা (monot pora)

 

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• mana (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• मन (Devanagari script)
• මන (Sinhalese script)
• မန or မၼ (Burmese script)
• มน or มะนะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ມນ or ມະນະ (Lao script)
• មន (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄚 (Chakma script)

Alternative forms

• manas (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• मनस् (Devanagari script)
• মনস্ (Bengali script)
• මනස් (Sinhalese script)
• မနသ် or မၼသ် (Burmese script)
• มนสฺ or มะนัส (Thai script)
• ᨾᨶᩈ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
• ມນສ຺ or ມະນັສ (Lao script)
• មនស៑ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄚𑄥𑄴 (Chakma script)

Noun

মন m or n

1. Bengali script form of mana (“mind”)
2. Bengali script form of mana, which is vocative singular of মনস্ (manas, “mind”)