منت

See also: منٹ and ميت

Arabic

Verb

منت (form I)

1. مَنَّتْ (mannat) /man.nat/: third-person feminine singular past active of مَنَّ (manna)
2. مُنَّتْ (munnat) /mun.nat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of مَنَّ (manna)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِنَّة (minna).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [min.ˈnat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɪn.nǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɪn.nǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɪn.nǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [min.nǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [men.nǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [min.nǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	minnat
Dari reading?	minnat
Iranian reading?	mennat
Tajik reading?	minnat

Noun

منت • (mennat)

1. favor, grace; action that causes the receiver to be thankful
   • early 1000s, ʿUnṣurī, “Qaṣīda 1”, in دیوان عنصری‎^[1]:

     شناخته است که منّت خدایراست همی
     به خلق برننهد منّت او ز بهر عطا

     šināxta ast ki minnat-i xudāy rā-st hamē
     ba xalq bar-na-nihad minnat-i ō zi bahr-i atā

     It is known that God's favor is always upon him,
     And He does not place His favor upon His creations for [merely] the sake of giving.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

2. obligation, indebtedness (for a favor)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: minnət
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मिन्नत (minnat)

  Urdu: مِنَّت (minnat)

• → Kazakh: міндет (mındet)