Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀤𑀺 (maṇṇadi), from Sanskrit मन्यते (mányate), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mányatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mányatay, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yo-, from *men- (to think).

Verb edit

مانْنا (mānnā) (transitive, Hindi spelling मानना)

  1. to believe
  2. to accept, agree
  3. (intransitive) to suppose, imagine
    Synonym: فَرْض کَرْنا (farz karnā)
  4. to understand; feel
  5. to confess; admit
  6. to respect, accept

Conjugation edit

  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

Further reading edit

  • ماننا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • ماننا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ماننا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.