تمنا

Persian

Alternative forms

• تمنی (alternative spelling, now less common)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمَنَّى (tamannā)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ta.man.nɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.män.nɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.män.nɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.män.nɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.män.nɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæ.mæn.nɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰä.män.nɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tamannā
Dari reading?	tamannā
Iranian reading?	tamannâ
Tajik reading?	tamanno

Noun

تمنا • (tamannâ)

1. entreaty, wish
2. plea, request, supplication
3. want, desire

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: təmənna
• → Bengali: তামান্না (tamanna)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तमन्ना (tamannā)

  Urdu: تَمَنَّا (tamannā)

• → Ottoman Turkish: تمنا (temenna)
  • Turkish: temenna
  • → Greek: τεμενάς (temenás)
  • → Romanian: temenea

See also

• تمنا کردن (tamannâ kardan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَمَنَّا (tamannā), from Arabic تَمَنَّى (tamannā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.mən.nɑː/, [t̪ə.mə̃n.nɑː]

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

تَمَنَّا • (tamannā) f (Hindi spelling तमन्ना)

1. wish, desire

   Synonyms: خْوَاہِش (xvāhiś), آرْزُو (ārzū), اَرْمَان (armān), چَاہ (cāh)

2. longing

   Synonyms: اَرْمَان (armān), چَاہ (cāh)

3. aspiration
4. supplication, prayer

Declension

Declension of تمنا
	singular	plural
direct	تَمَنّا (tamannā)	تَمَنّائیں (tamannāẽ)
oblique	تَمَنّا (tamannā)	تَمَنّاؤں (tamannāõ)
vocative	تَمَنّا (tamannā)	تَمَنّاؤ (tamannāo)

Proper noun

تَمَنَّا • (tamannā) f (Hindi spelling तमन्ना)

1. a female given name from Arabic

Further reading

• “تمنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “تمنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “تمنا”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]