معنى
See also: معنی
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ع ن ي (ʿ-n-y), from the verb عَنَى (ʿanā, “to be on someone's mind”)
Pronunciation
Noun
مَعْنًى • (maʿnan) m (construct state مَعْنَى (maʿnā), plural مَعَانٍ (maʿānin), plural construct state مَعَانِي (maʿānī))
- meaning, import, sense
- concept, notion, idea, thought
- rhetorical expression, figurative expression
Declension
Declension of noun مَعْنًى (maʿnan)
| Singular | singular in ـًى (-an) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَعْنَى maʿnā |
الْمَعْنَى al-maʿnā |
مَعْنَى maʿnā |
| Nominative | مَعْنًى maʿnan |
الْمَعْنَى al-maʿnā |
مَعْنَى maʿnā |
| Accusative | مَعْنًى maʿnan |
الْمَعْنَى al-maʿnā |
مَعْنَى maʿnā |
| Genitive | مَعْنًى maʿnan |
الْمَعْنَى al-maʿnā |
مَعْنَى maʿnā |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مَعْنَيَيْن maʿnayayn |
الْمَعْنَيَيْن al-maʿnayayn |
مَعْنَيَيْ maʿnayay |
| Nominative | مَعْنَيَانِ maʿnayāni |
الْمَعْنَيَانِ al-maʿnayāni |
مَعْنَيَا maʿnayā |
| Accusative | مَعْنَيَيْنِ maʿnayayni |
الْمَعْنَيَيْنِ al-maʿnayayni |
مَعْنَيَيْ maʿnayay |
| Genitive | مَعْنَيَيْنِ maʿnayayni |
الْمَعْنَيَيْنِ al-maʿnayayni |
مَعْنَيَيْ maʿnayay |
| Plural | broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَعَانِي maʿānī |
الْمَعَانِي al-maʿānī |
مَعَانِي maʿānī |
| Nominative | مَعَانٍ maʿānin |
الْمَعَانِي al-maʿānī |
مَعَانِي maʿānī |
| Accusative | مَعَانِيَ maʿāniya |
الْمَعَانِيَ al-maʿāniya |
مَعَانِيَ maʿāniya |
| Genitive | مَعَانٍ maʿānin |
الْمَعَانِي al-maʿānī |
مَعَانِي maʿānī |
Descendants
- Azerbaijani: məna
- Bashkir: мәғәнә (mäğänä)
- Bengali: মানে (mane)
- Hausa: ma'ana
- Hindi: मअनी (maanī)
- Persian: معنی (ma'ni)
- Kazakh: мағына (mağına)
- Kyrgyz: маани (maani)
- Malay: makna
- Pashto: معنى (ma'nã), معنا (ma'nã)
- Swahili: maana
- Tajik: маънӣ (maʾnī), маъно (maʾno)
- Turkish: mana
- Tatar: мәгънә (mäğnä)
- Turkmen: many
- Uyghur: مەنە (mene)
- Urdu: معنی (ma'nī)
- Uzbek: mano, maʻno, mani
References
- Horten, Max (1910), “Was bedeutet مَعْنًى als philosophischer Terminus? Eine Studie zur Geschichte der islamischen Philosophie”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 64, pages 391–396
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “عني”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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