Arabic

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Root
م ن ع (m n ʕ)
6 terms

Etymology 1

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Derived from the active participle of مَنَعَ (manaʕa, to hinder, to prevent; to forbid).

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Adjective

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مَانِع (māniʕ) (feminine مَانِعَة (māniʕa), masculine plural مَانِعُونَ (māniʕūna), feminine plural مَانِعَات (māniʕāt))

  1. forbidding, prohibitive
  2. -resistant [with لِـ (li-)]
    مَانِع لِلْحَرَارةmāniʕ li-l-ḥarāraheat-resistant
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Derived terms
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  • المَانِع (al-māniʕ, the Withholder, one of the names of God in Islam)

Noun

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مَانِع (māniʕm (plural مَوَانِع (mawāniʕ))

  1. hindrance, obstacle, impediment
    Synonym: عَائِق (ʕāʔiq)
  2. objection, opposition [with عَن (ʕan)] [with فِي ()]
    Synonym: اِعْتِرَاض (iʕtirāḍ)
    لَا مَانِعَ عَن ذٰلِكَmāniʕa ʕan ḏālikano objection to that
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: maneə
  • Ottoman Turkish: مانع (mani')
  • Persian: مانع (mâne')
  • South Levantine Arabic: مانع (māniʕ)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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مَانَعَ (mānaʕa) III (non-past يُمَانِعُ (yumāniʕu), verbal noun مُمَانَعَة (mumānaʕa)) [with فِي ()]

  1. to resist, to oppose, to counteract, to rise up against, to stand up against
  2. to refuse, to deny, to object to; to dispute, to protest, to contest
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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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

Noun

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مانع (mani')

  1. obstacle

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References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mani1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مانع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], 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

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Etymology

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

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

Noun

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مانع (mâne') (plural موانع (mavâne'))

  1. obstacle, hindrance (both physical and figurative)
    رفع موانعraf'-e mavâne'removal of obstacles
    برطرف کردن موانعbartaraf kardan-e mavâne'removal of obstacles

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
م ن ع
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maː.niʕ/, [ˈmæːnɪʕ]

Noun

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مانع (māniʕm

  1. objection, opposition
    ما عنديش مانعmā ʔandīsh māniʕI have no objections / I don't mind
    إذا ما عندك مانع...iza mā ʔandak māniʕIf you don't mind...