ممنوع

Arabic

Root
م ن ع (m-n-ʕ)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb مَنَعَ (manaʕa, “to forbid”).

Adjective

مَمْنُوع • (mamnūʕ) (feminine مَمْنُوعَة (mamnūʕa), masculine plural مَمْنُوعُونَ (mamnūʕūna), feminine plural مَمْنُوعَات (mamnūʕāt))

1. forbidden

   Synonym: مَحْظُور (maḥẓūr)

   Antonyms: مَسْمُوح (masmūḥ), مُبَاح (mubāḥ)

2. hindered
3. prevented
4. (grammar) uninflected, undeclinable

Declension

Declension of adjective مَمْنُوع (mamnūʕ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَمْنُوع mamnūʕ	الْمَمْنُوع al-mamnūʕ	مَمْنُوعَة mamnūʕa	الْمَمْنُوعَة al-mamnūʕa
Nominative	مَمْنُوعٌ mamnūʕun	الْمَمْنُوعُ al-mamnūʕu	مَمْنُوعَةٌ mamnūʕatun	الْمَمْنُوعَةُ al-mamnūʕatu
Accusative	مَمْنُوعًا mamnūʕan	الْمَمْنُوعَ al-mamnūʕa	مَمْنُوعَةً mamnūʕatan	الْمَمْنُوعَةَ al-mamnūʕata
Genitive	مَمْنُوعٍ mamnūʕin	الْمَمْنُوعِ al-mamnūʕi	مَمْنُوعَةٍ mamnūʕatin	الْمَمْنُوعَةِ al-mamnūʕati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَمْنُوعَيْن mamnūʕayn	الْمَمْنُوعَيْن al-mamnūʕayn	مَمْنُوعَتَيْن mamnūʕatayn	الْمَمْنُوعَتَيْن al-mamnūʕatayn
Nominative	مَمْنُوعَانِ mamnūʕāni	الْمَمْنُوعَانِ al-mamnūʕāni	مَمْنُوعَتَانِ mamnūʕatāni	الْمَمْنُوعَتَانِ al-mamnūʕatāni
Accusative	مَمْنُوعَيْنِ mamnūʕayni	الْمَمْنُوعَيْنِ al-mamnūʕayni	مَمْنُوعَتَيْنِ mamnūʕatayni	الْمَمْنُوعَتَيْنِ al-mamnūʕatayni
Genitive	مَمْنُوعَيْنِ mamnūʕayni	الْمَمْنُوعَيْنِ al-mamnūʕayni	مَمْنُوعَتَيْنِ mamnūʕatayni	الْمَمْنُوعَتَيْنِ al-mamnūʕatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَمْنُوعِين mamnūʕīn	الْمَمْنُوعِين al-mamnūʕīn	مَمْنُوعَات mamnūʕāt	الْمَمْنُوعَات al-mamnūʕāt
Nominative	مَمْنُوعُونَ mamnūʕūna	الْمَمْنُوعُونَ al-mamnūʕūna	مَمْنُوعَاتٌ mamnūʕātun	الْمَمْنُوعَاتُ al-mamnūʕātu
Accusative	مَمْنُوعِينَ mamnūʕīna	الْمَمْنُوعِينَ al-mamnūʕīna	مَمْنُوعَاتٍ mamnūʕātin	الْمَمْنُوعَاتِ al-mamnūʕāti
Genitive	مَمْنُوعِينَ mamnūʕīna	الْمَمْنُوعِينَ al-mamnūʕīna	مَمْنُوعَاتٍ mamnūʕātin	الْمَمْنُوعَاتِ al-mamnūʕāti

Derived terms

• مَمْنُوع مِن الصَّرْف (mamnūʕ min aṣ-ṣarf)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məmnu
• → Persian: ممنوع
  • → Urdu: ممنوع
• → Ottoman Turkish: ممنوع (memnu')
  • Turkish: memnu
• → Uzbek: mamnu'

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ممنوع”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic.

Pronunciation

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Dari	ممنوع
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мамнӯъ

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mam.ˈnuːʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäm.núːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäm.núːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mäm.núː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mäm.nú]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæm.núːʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäm.nɵ́ʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mamnū'
Dari reading?	mamnū'
Iranian reading?	mamnu'
Tajik reading?	mamnuʾ

Adjective

ممنوع • (mamnu')

1. prohibited
2. forbidden

Related terms

• ممنوعه (mamnu'e)
• ممنوع کردن (mamnu' kardan)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ن ع
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَمْنُوع (mamnūʕ). Equivalent to the passive participle of منع (manaʕ, “to forbid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mam.nuːʕ/, [mamˈnuːʕ]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Adjective

ممنوع • (mamnūʕ) (feminine ممنوعة (mamnūʕa))

1. forbidden, prohibited

   Antonym: مسموح (masmūḥ)

   ممنوع حد يوكل أيّ إشي إلّا بعد ما يغسّل إيديه منيح.

   mamnūʕ ḥad yōkel ʔayy ʔiši ʔilla baʕd mā yḡassel ʔīdēh mnīḥ

   Nobody is allowed to eat anything until they've washed their hands well.

   (literally, “It is forbidden for someone to eat anything except after he washes his hands well.”)

See also

• منع (manaʕ, “to forbid”)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ممنوع (mamnu'), taken from Arabic مَمْنُوع (mamnūʕ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /məm.nuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Adjective

مَمْنُوع • (mamnūʻ) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling मम्नू)

1. forbidden, prohibited

   Synonym: منع (manaʻ)

References

• “ممنوع”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ممنوع”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.