-ମାନେ

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Odia

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Odia -ମାନ (-māna), -ମାଣ (-māṇa), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀯 (māṇava, man), from Sanskrit मानव (mānava); adopting the word for “man” as a plural affix.[1]

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ମାନେ (-māne)

  1. plural marker of nouns

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, pages 97, 525