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માણેક

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Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa माणिक्क (māṇikka), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓 (māṇikka), from Sanskrit માણિક્ય (mā́ṇikya).^[1] Doublet of માણિક્ય (māṇikya)

Cognates

Cognate with Assamese মানিক (manik), Bengali মানিক (manik), Bhojpuri मानिक (mānik), Hindi मानिक (mānik), Marathi माणिक (māṇik), Odia ମାଣିକ (māṇika), Punjabi منکا / ਮਣਕਾ (maṇkā), Sindhi ماڻِڪُ (māṇiku), and Sinhalese මැණික් (mæṇik).

Pronunciation

(Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.ɳɛk/^[1]
Rhymes: -ɛk
Hyphenation: મા‧ણેક

Noun

માણેક • (māṇek) n^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

ruby

Proper noun

માણેક • (māṇek) f

a Lohana surname, Manek, from Sanskrit

Derived terms

માણેક ચોક (māṇěk cŏk)
માણેકજડિત (māṇěkjaḍit)
માણેકજડેલું (māṇěkjaḍelũ)
માણેકમઢેલું (māṇěkmaḍhelũ)

References

More information

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mā́ṇikya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 575: “G. māṇεk n. 'ruby'”
^ “માણેક”, in गुजराती-हिंदी-अंग्रेज़ी त्रिभाषा कोश (gujrātī-hindī-aṅgrezī tribhāṣā koś) [Gujarati-Hindi-English Trilingual Dictionary] (in Hindi), volume 3, केंद्रीय हिंदी निदेशालय [Central Hindi Directorate], 1989, page 1481
^ “માણેક”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
^ “માણેક”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
^ “માણેક”, in રેખ્તા ગુજરાતી શબ્દકોશ (rekhtā gujrātī śabdakoś) (in Gujarati), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

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