Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From the root م ن ع (m-n-ʕ).

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /maː.na.ʕa/

Verb edit

مَانَعَ (mānaʕa) III, non-past يُمَانِعُ‎ (yumāniʕu)

  1. to put up or offer resistance, oppose, counteract, to rise up, stand up or work against, to refuse, deny, disobey or raise objections, to dispute or contest the thing, to try to prevent from doing or obtaining something, to try to make someone relinquish, abstain or turn away from something

Conjugation edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic مَانِع (māniʕ), from verb مَنَعَ (manaʕa, to hinder).

Noun edit

مانع (mani')

  1. obstacle

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: mâni

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mani1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مانع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1662
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 730

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic مَانِع (māniʕ).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? māni'
Dari reading? māne'
Iranian reading? mâne'
Tajik reading? moneʾ

Noun edit

مانع (mâne') (plural موانع (mavâne'))

  1. obstacle, hindrance (both physical and figurative)

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
م ن ع
4 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic مَانِع (māniʕ).

Noun edit

مانع (māneʕm

  1. objection, opposition
    ما عنديش مانعmā ʔandīsh māneʕI've no objections (I don't mind)
    إذا ما عندك مانع...iza mā ʔandak māneʕIf you don't mind...