मंशा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian منشأ (manša'), from Arabic مَنْشَأ (manšaʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mən.ʃɑː/, [mɐ̃ɲ.ʃäː]

Noun

मंशा • (mañśā) f (Urdu spelling منشا)

1. aim, intention, goal

   Synonyms: इरादा (irādā), इच्छा (icchā), अभिप्राय (abhiprāy)

Declension

Declension of मंशा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मंशा mañśā	मंशाएँ mañśāẽ
oblique	मंशा mañśā	मंशाओं mañśāõ
vocative	मंशा mañśā	मंशाओ mañśāo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मंशा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press