اپنی خیر منانا

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Urdu اَپْنی (apnī)

Arabic خَيْر (ḵayr)bor.

Classical Persian خَیْر (xayr)bor.

Urdu خَیر (xair)

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mányatay

Sanskrit मन्यते (manyate)

Urdu مَنانا (manānā)

Urdu اَپْنی خَیر مَنانا (apnī xair manānā)

From اَپْنِی (apnī, “one's own”) +‎ خَیر (xair, “wellbeing”) +‎ مَنَانَا (manānā, “to commemorate; celebrate”), literally “to commemorate one's own wellbeing [while they are still well / alive]”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əp.niː xɛːɾ mə.nɑː.nɑː/

Verb

اَپْنی خَیر مَنانا • (apnī xair manānā) (Hindi spelling अपनी ख़ैर मनाना) (idiomatic)

1. (figuratively) to be a dead man walking