معنى
See also: معنی
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From the root ع ن ي (ʕ-n-y), from the verb عَنَى (ʕanā, “to be on someone's mind”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
مَعْنًى • (maʕnan) m (construct state مَعْنَى (maʕnā), dual مَعْنَيَانِ (maʕnayāni), plural مَعَانٍ (maʕānin), plural construct state مَعَانِي (maʕānī))
- meaning, import, sense
- concept, notion, idea, thought
- rhetorical expression, figurative expression
Declension edit
Declension of noun مَعْنًى (maʕnan)
Singular | singular in ـًى (-an) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مَعْنَى maʕnā |
الْمَعْنَى al-maʕnā |
مَعْنَى maʕnā |
Nominative | مَعْنًى maʕnan |
الْمَعْنَى al-maʕnā |
مَعْنَى maʕnā |
Accusative | مَعْنًى maʕnan |
الْمَعْنَى al-maʕnā |
مَعْنَى maʕnā |
Genitive | مَعْنًى maʕnan |
الْمَعْنَى al-maʕnā |
مَعْنَى maʕnā |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | مَعْنَيَيْن maʕnayayn |
الْمَعْنَيَيْن al-maʕnayayn |
مَعْنَيَيْ maʕnayay |
Nominative | مَعْنَيَانِ maʕnayāni |
الْمَعْنَيَانِ al-maʕnayāni |
مَعْنَيَا maʕnayā |
Accusative | مَعْنَيَيْنِ maʕnayayni |
الْمَعْنَيَيْنِ al-maʕnayayni |
مَعْنَيَيْ maʕnayay |
Genitive | مَعْنَيَيْنِ maʕnayayni |
الْمَعْنَيَيْنِ al-maʕnayayni |
مَعْنَيَيْ maʕnayay |
Plural | broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | مَعَانِي maʕānī |
الْمَعَانِي al-maʕānī |
مَعَانِي maʕānī |
Nominative | مَعَانٍ maʕānin |
الْمَعَانِي al-maʕānī |
مَعَانِي maʕānī |
Accusative | مَعَانِيَ maʕāniya |
الْمَعَانِيَ al-maʕāniya |
مَعَانِيَ maʕāniya |
Genitive | مَعَانٍ maʕānin |
الْمَعَانِي al-maʕānī |
مَعَانِي maʕānī |
Descendants edit
- Gulf Arabic: معنى (maʕna)
- Moroccan Arabic: معنى (maʕna)
- North Levantine Arabic: معنى (maʕna)
- South Levantine Arabic: معنى (maʕna)
- → Azerbaijani: məna
- → Bashkir: мәғәнә (məğənə)
- → Bengali: মানে (mane)
- → Hausa: ma'ana
- → Hindi: मअनी (maanī)
- → Persian: معنی (ma'ni)
- → Kazakh: мағына (mağyna)
- → Kyrgyz: маани (maani)
- → Malay: makna
- → Middle Armenian: մանէ (manē)
- → 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: maʼno
References edit
- Horten, Max (1910) “Was bedeutet مَعْنًى als philosophischer Terminus? Eine Studie zur Geschichte der islamischen Philosophie”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (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
Moroccan Arabic edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Root |
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ع ن ي |
1 term |
Noun edit
معنى • (maʕna) m (construct state معنى (maʕna) or معناة (maʕnāt), plural معاني (mʕāni))
Etymology 2 edit
Root |
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م ع ن ي |
1 term |
Denominal verb of معنى.
Verb edit
معنى • (maʕna) Iq (non-past يمعني (ymaʕni))
- to hint to someone
Conjugation edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
North Levantine Arabic edit
Noun edit
معنى • (maʿna) m (plural معاني (maʿāni))
Usage notes edit
South Levantine Arabic edit
Root |
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ع ن ي |
3 terms |