manik

See also: maník

Balinese

Etymology 1

From Old Javanese maṇik, maṇi, from Sanskrit मणि (maṇi).

Noun

manik (Balinese script ᬫᬡᬷᬓ᭄)

1. bead
2. unborn foetus

   Synonym: belingan

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit माणिक (māṇika).

Noun

manik (Balinese script ᬫᬦᬶᬓ᭄)

1. jewel
2. amulet

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit मणि (maṇi). Doublet of benik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmanɪk]
• Hyphenation: ma‧nik

Noun

manik (plural manik-manik)

1. bead

   Synonym: benik

Affixed terms

• bermanik-manik
• manik-manik

Etymology 2

From English manic, from Ancient Greek μανικός (manikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmanɪk]
• Hyphenation: ma‧nik

Noun

manik (plural manik-manik)

1. mania: the state of abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels

   Synonym: mania

Further reading

• “manik”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

manik

1. romanization of ꦩꦤꦶꦏ꧀

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• manic — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit मणि (maṇi), possibly via Old Javanese maṇik / maṇi. See also Malay manikam.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmanik/ [ˈmaː.n̪ɪk̚]
• Rhymes: -anik
• Syllabification: ma‧nik

Noun

manik (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜈᜒᜃ᜔)

1. glass bead

Further reading

• “manik”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “manik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 769
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 289

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• manka, manmk, mamnk, manix, mamk, mamnka

Etymology

From earlier manmk, from man +‎ *amk This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manik/

Adverb

manik (Tifinagh spelling ⵎⴰⵏⵉⴽ, Arabic spelling مانيك)

1. how

   مانيك تسكرت؟ ― manik tskrt? ― how did you do it?

   مانيك ا نّ تڭيت؟ ― manik a nn tgit? ― how are you?

   اور سّينغ مانيك ا يسكر. ― ur ssinġ manik a iskr ― I don't know how he did it.

Derived terms

• manik yaḍnin (“otherwise”)

See also

• ma (“what”)
• man (“which”)
• managu (“when”)
• mani (“where”)
• manza (“where”)

References

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 3 m—š (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/3) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1705a

Volapük

Etymology

From man (“man”) +‎ -ik (“adjectival suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma.ˈnik]

Adjective

manik

1. male, masculine, manly (of or relating to a man, men)
2. (grammar) masculine

Declension

Declension of manik

		Positive			Comparative			Superlative
		Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural
Postpositive1		manik			manikum			manikün
Prepositive2	Nominative	manik	maniks		manikum	manikums		manikün	maniküns
	Genitive	manika	manikas		manikuma	manikumas		maniküna	manikünas
	Dative	manike	manikes		manikume	manikumes		maniküne	manikünes
	Accusative	maniki	manikis		manikumi	manikumis		maniküni	manikünis
	Predicative3	maniku	manikus		manikumu	manikumus		manikünu	manikünus
	Vocative	o manik	o maniks		o manikum	o manikums		o manikün	o maniküns

1. Used when the adjective immediately follows the noun.
2. Used when the adjective precedes the noun or is separated from it.
3. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Derived terms

• gianamanik
• maniko
• vöd manik (“masculine word”)

Related terms

• gianaman
• leman
• man
• manef
• manil
• mano
• manöf
• manöfik
• manül
• manülik
• manüliko

See also

• gianavom
• gianavomik
• himen
• himenik
• jimen
• jimenik
• men
• menik
• menäl
• menälik
• menäliko
• menät
• menätik
• menätikön
• menätükön
• vom
• vomik
• vomiko
• vomo
• vomöf
• vomöfik
• vomül
• vomülik
• vomüliko