मना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian منع (man'), from Arabic مَنْع (manʕ), verbal noun of مَنَعَ (manaʕa, “to prevent, forbid”). Compare Bengali মানা (mana), Dhivehi މަނާ (manā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.nɑː/, [mɐ.näː]

Adjective

मना • (manā) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling منع)

1. forbidden, prohibited

   यहाँ धूम्रपान मना है। ― yahā̃ dhūmrapān manā hai. ― Smoking is forbidden here.

2. denial

   Synonym: नकार (nakār)

Derived terms

• मना करना (manā karnā)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मना”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• manā (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• মনা (Bengali script)
• මනා (Sinhalese script)
• မနာ or မၼႃ (Burmese script)
• มนา or มะนา (Thai script)
• ᨾᨶᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ມນາ or ມະນາ (Lao script)
• មនា (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄚𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

मना (manā)

1. Devanagari script form of manā, which is ablative/vocative singular of मनस् (manas, “mind”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মনা (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
• মনা (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• မနာ (Burmese script)
• મના (Gujarati script)
• ਮਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಮನಾ (Kannada script)
• មនា (Khmer script)
• ມນາ (Lao script)
• മനാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠨᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
• ମନା (Odia script)
• ꢪꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
• මනා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
• மநா (Tamil script)
• మనా (Telugu script)
• มนา (Thai script)
• མ་ནཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root मन् (man) +‎ -आ (-ā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.nɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.n̪ɑː/

Noun

मना • (manā́) stem, f

1. devotion, attachment, zeal, eagerness
2. envy, jealousy

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मना

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मना (manā́)	मने (mané)	मनाः (manā́ḥ)
accusative	मनाम् (manā́m)	मने (mané)	मनाः (manā́ḥ)
instrumental	मनया (manáyā) मना¹ (manā́¹)	मनाभ्याम् (manā́bhyām)	मनाभिः (manā́bhiḥ)
dative	मनायै (manā́yai)	मनाभ्याम् (manā́bhyām)	मनाभ्यः (manā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	मनायाः (manā́yāḥ) मनायै² (manā́yai²)	मनाभ्याम् (manā́bhyām)	मनाभ्यः (manā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	मनायाः (manā́yāḥ) मनायै² (manā́yai²)	मनयोः (manáyoḥ)	मनानाम् (manā́nām)
locative	मनायाम् (manā́yām)	मनयोः (manáyoḥ)	मनासु (manā́su)
vocative	मने (máne)	मने (máne)	मनाः (mánāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 784, column 1.