من

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-West Semitic *min. Cognate with Hebrew מִן‎ (min).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /min/

Preposition edit

مِنْ • (min)

having partitive effect: of, some of, parts of, one of
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 11:78:
  ‏أَلَيْسَ مِنْكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَشِيدٌ‎
  ʔalaysa minkum rajulun rašīdun
  Is there not a right-minded man among you?
made of
‏تِمْثَالٌ مِنَ الرُّخَامِ‎
timṯālun mina ar-ruḵāmi
a statue of marble

‏خَاتَمٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ‎
ḵātamun min ḏahabin
a ring of gold, a gold ring
containing, including
‏كُوبٌ مِنَ الْقَهْوَةِ‎
kūbun mina al-qahwati
a cup of coffee
pertaining to
to wit
from, away from, out of
(time) at, on
in relation to, with respect to
due to, owing to
‏مَاتَ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ‎
māta mina al-ʕaṭaši
He died of thirst.
(used to construe certain verbs)
‏تَمَكَّنُوا مِنْهُ‎‎
tamakkanū minhu
They took power over him.
between; in contrast with
‏مَيَّزَ الْجَيِّدَ مِنَ الرَّدِيءِ‎
mayyaza l-jayyida mina ar-radīʔi
He differentiated/discerned between the good and the bad

‏عَرَفَ الْحَقَّ مِنَ الْبَاطِلِ‎
ʕarafa l-ḥaqqa mina al-bāṭili
He knew truth from falsehood
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:220:
  ‏وَٱللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ الْمُفْسِدَ مِنَ الْمُصْلِحِ‎
  wa-llāhu yaʕlamu l-mufsida mina al-muṣliḥi
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(chiefly in the negative) any
‏هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ شَكٍّ؟‎‎
hal fī ḏālika min šakkin?
Is there any doubt about that?
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:47:
  ‏وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنْثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِ‎
  wamā taḥmilu min ʔunṯā walā taḍaʕu ʔillā biʕilmihi
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 35:3:
  ‏هَلْ مِنْ خَالِقٍ غَيْرُ ٱللّٰهِ يَرْزُقُكُمْ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ‎
  hal min ḵāliqin ḡayru llāhi yarzuqukum mina s-samāʔi wa-l-ʔarḍi
  Is there any creator other than Allah who provides for you from the heaven and earth?
than (with comparatives)

Inflection edit

Inflected forms
Base form					مِنْ (min)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	مِنِّي‎ (minnī)			مِنَّا‎ (minnā)
Second person	مِنْكَ‎ (minka)	مِنْكِ‎ (minki)	مِنْكُمَا‎ (minkumā)	مِنْكُمْ‎ (minkum)	مِنْكُنَّ‎ (minkunna)
Third person	مِنْهُ‎ (minhu)	مِنْهَا‎ (minhā)	مِنْهُمَا‎ (minhumā)	مِنْهُمْ‎ (minhum)	مِنْهُنَّ‎ (minhunna)

Derived terms edit

مِمَّا‎ (mimmā)
مِمَّ‎ (mimma)
مِمَّنْ‎ (mimman)
مِنْ بَابِ أَوْلَى‎ (min bābi ʔawlā)
مِنْ بُعْدٍ/بَعْدُ‎ (min buʕdin/baʕdu, “from afar”)
مِنْ بَعْدِ‎ (min baʕdi, “after”)
مِنْ قَبْلُ‎ (min qablu, “from the front”)
مِنْ قَبْلِ‎ (min qabli, “before”)
مِنْ قُبُلِ‎ (min qubuli, “by, from the part of”)
مِنْ حَيْثُ‎ (min ḥayṯu, “from where, whence”)
مِنْ دُونِ‎ (min dūni, “without”)
مِنْ غَيْرِ‎ (min ḡayri, “without”)

Descendants edit

Maltese: minn

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Semitic *mann-. Cognates include Aramaic מן‎ (man), Ge'ez መኑ (männu) and Amharic ማን (man).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /man/

Pronoun edit

مَنْ • (man) m

(interrogative) who?
(interrogative) which?, which one?
(relative) who, the one who, he who, those who, everyone who
(conditional) whoever
‏مَنْ جَدَّ وَجَدَ‎‎
man jadda wajada
seek and ye shall find
(literally, “Whoever strives will find”)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 99:7-8:
  ‏فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ
  وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ‎
  fa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin ḵayran yarahu
  wa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin šarran yarahu
  So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it,
  And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.

Usage notes edit

Grammatically a masculine singular, the pronoun is semantically gender- and number-neutral.

Derived terms edit

لِمَن‎ (liman) ،فَمَن‎ (faman) ،أَفَمَن‎ (ʔafaman)

Etymology 3 edit

From the root م ن ن‎ (m-n-n). The noun is modelled on a large scale upon Aramaic מַנָּא‎ / ܡܢܐ‎ (mannā) from the same root.

Verb edit

مَنَّ • (manna) I, non-past يَمُنُّ‎‎ (yamunnu)

to be kind, kindly, benign, gracious, benevolent (عَلَى‎ (ʕalā))
to show, to grant, to confer (عَلَى‎ (ʕalā))
(obsolete) to cut off, to curtail
(obsolete) to jade, to tire
(obsolete) to decrease, to diminish, to reduce
to reproach, to upbraid, to exprobrate [+accusative = with, the benefit received] [+ عَلَى‎ (object) = whom]
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:22:
  ‏وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ‎
  And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of

مَنَّ

(form-I geminate, verbal nouns مَنّ or مِنَّة)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر					مَنّ or مِنَّة‎ mann or minna
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					مَانّ‎ mānn
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مَمْنُون‎ mamnūn
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مَنَنْتُ‎ manantu	مَنَنْتَ‎ mananta	مَنَّ manna	مَنَنْتُمَا‎ manantumā	مَنَّا‎ mannā	مَنَنَّا‎ manannā	مَنَنْتُمْ‎ manantum	مَنُّوا‎ mannū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	مَنَنْتُ‎ manantu	مَنَنْتِ‎ mananti	مَنَّتْ‎ mannat	مَنَنْتُمَا‎ manantumā	مَنَّتَا‎ mannatā	مَنَنَّا‎ manannā	مَنَنْتُنَّ‎ manantunna	مَنَنَّ‎ mananna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَمُنُّ‎ ʔamunnu	تَمُنُّ‎ tamunnu	يَمُنُّ‎ yamunnu	تَمُنَّانِ‎ tamunnāni	يَمُنَّانِ‎ yamunnāni	نَمُنُّ‎ namunnu	تَمُنُّونَ‎ tamunnūna	يَمُنُّونَ‎ yamunnūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَمُنُّ‎ ʔamunnu	تَمُنِّينَ‎ tamunnīna	تَمُنُّ‎ tamunnu	تَمُنَّانِ‎ tamunnāni	تَمُنَّانِ‎ tamunnāni	نَمُنُّ‎ namunnu	تَمْنُنَّ‎ tamnunna	يَمْنُنَّ‎ yamnunna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَمُنَّ‎ ʔamunna	تَمُنَّ‎ tamunna	يَمُنَّ‎ yamunna	تَمُنَّا‎ tamunnā	يَمُنَّا‎ yamunnā	نَمُنَّ‎ namunna	تَمُنُّوا‎ tamunnū	يَمُنُّوا‎ yamunnū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَمُنَّ‎ ʔamunna	تَمُنِّي‎ tamunnī	تَمُنَّ‎ tamunna	تَمُنَّا‎ tamunnā	تَمُنَّا‎ tamunnā	نَمُنَّ‎ namunna	تَمْنُنَّ‎ tamnunna	يَمْنُنَّ‎ yamnunna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَمُنَّ‎ or أَمُنِّ‎ or أَمْنُنْ‎ ʔamunna or ʔamunni or ʔamnun	تَمُنَّ‎ or تَمُنِّ‎ or تَمْنُنْ‎ tamunna or tamunni or tamnun	يَمُنَّ‎ or يَمُنِّ‎ or يَمْنُنْ‎ yamunna or yamunni or yamnun	تَمُنَّا‎ tamunnā	يَمُنَّا‎ yamunnā	نَمُنَّ‎ or نَمُنِّ‎ or نَمْنُنْ‎ namunna or namunni or namnun	تَمُنُّوا‎ tamunnū	يَمُنُّوا‎ yamunnū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f		تَمُنِّي‎ tamunnī	تَمُنَّ‎ or تَمُنِّ‎ or تَمْنُنْ‎ tamunna or tamunni or tamnun	تَمُنَّا‎ tamunnā	تَمُنَّا‎ tamunnā		تَمْنُنَّ‎ tamnunna	يَمْنُنَّ‎ yamnunna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		مُنَّ or مُنِّ or اُمْنُنْ‎ munna or munni or umnun		مُنَّا‎ munnā			مُنُّوا‎ munnū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		مُنِّي‎ munnī		مُنَّا‎ munnā			اُمْنُنَّ‎ umnunna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مُنِنْتُ‎ munintu	مُنِنْتَ‎ muninta	مُنَّ munna	مُنِنْتُمَا‎ munintumā	مُنَّا‎ munnā	مُنِنَّا‎ muninnā	مُنِنْتُمْ‎ munintum	مُنُّوا‎ munnū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	مُنِنْتُ‎ munintu	مُنِنْتِ‎ muninti	مُنَّتْ‎ munnat	مُنِنْتُمَا‎ munintumā	مُنَّتَا‎ munnatā	مُنِنَّا‎ muninnā	مُنِنْتُنَّ‎ munintunna	مُنِنَّ‎ muninna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُمَنُّ‎ ʔumannu	تُمَنُّ‎ tumannu	يُمَنُّ‎ yumannu	تُمَنَّانِ‎ tumannāni	يُمَنَّانِ‎ yumannāni	نُمَنُّ‎ numannu	تُمَنُّونَ‎ tumannūna	يُمَنُّونَ‎ yumannūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُمَنُّ‎ ʔumannu	تُمَنِّينَ‎ tumannīna	تُمَنُّ‎ tumannu	تُمَنَّانِ‎ tumannāni	تُمَنَّانِ‎ tumannāni	نُمَنُّ‎ numannu	تُمْنَنَّ‎ tumnanna	يُمْنَنَّ‎ yumnanna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُمَنَّ‎ ʔumanna	تُمَنَّ‎ tumanna	يُمَنَّ‎ yumanna	تُمَنَّا‎ tumannā	يُمَنَّا‎ yumannā	نُمَنَّ‎ numanna	تُمَنُّوا‎ tumannū	يُمَنُّوا‎ yumannū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُمَنَّ‎ ʔumanna	تُمَنِّي‎ tumannī	تُمَنَّ‎ tumanna	تُمَنَّا‎ tumannā	تُمَنَّا‎ tumannā	نُمَنَّ‎ numanna	تُمْنَنَّ‎ tumnanna	يُمْنَنَّ‎ yumnanna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُمَنَّ‎ or أُمَنِّ‎ or أُمْنَنْ‎ ʔumanna or ʔumanni or ʔumnan	تُمَنَّ‎ or تُمَنِّ‎ or تُمْنَنْ‎ tumanna or tumanni or tumnan	يُمَنَّ‎ or يُمَنِّ‎ or يُمْنَنْ‎ yumanna or yumanni or yumnan	تُمَنَّا‎ tumannā	يُمَنَّا‎ yumannā	نُمَنَّ‎ or نُمَنِّ‎ or نُمْنَنْ‎ numanna or numanni or numnan	تُمَنُّوا‎ tumannū	يُمَنُّوا‎ yumannū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f		تُمَنِّي‎ tumannī	تُمَنَّ‎ or تُمَنِّ‎ or تُمْنَنْ‎ tumanna or tumanni or tumnan	تُمَنَّا‎ tumannā	تُمَنَّا‎ tumannā		تُمْنَنَّ‎ tumnanna	يُمْنَنَّ‎ yumnanna

Noun edit

مَنّ • (mann) m

verbal noun of مَنَّ (manna) (form I)
favor, benefit, blessing, boon
gracious bestowal, gift, largess
manna
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:80:
  ‏يَٰبَنِي إِسْرَاءِيلَ قَدْ أَنْجَيْنَٰكُمْ مِّنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَوَٰعَدْنَٰكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنَ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَىٰ‎
  yābanī ʔisrāʔīla qad ʔanjaynākum mmin ʕaduwwikum wawāʕadnākum jāniba ṭ-ṭūri l-ʔaymana wanazzalnā ʕalaykumu l-manna was-salwā
  O sons of Israel, We did deliver you from your enemy and We did covenant with you on the right side of the Mount [Sinai] and We did send down unto you the manna and the quails.
- 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Book of Exodus, 16:35:
  ‏وَأَكَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَاءِيلَ ٱلْمَنَّ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً حَتَّىٰ جَاءُوا إِلَىٰ أَرْضٍ عَامِرَةٍ.‎‎
  waʔakala banū ʔisrāʔīla l-manna ʔarbaʕīna sanatan ḥattā jāʔū ʔilā ʔarḍin ʕāmiratin.
  And the sons of Israel have eaten the manna [for] forty years, until their coming to the land to be inhabited.
(countable) a sweet liquid substance such as honey, nectar, or manna; honeydew

Declension edit

Declension of noun مَنّ (mann)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنّ mann	الْمَنّ‎ al-mann	مَنّ mann
Nominative	مَنٌّ mannun	الْمَنُّ‎ al-mannu	مَنُّ mannu
Accusative	مَنًّا‎ mannan	الْمَنَّ‎ al-manna	مَنَّ manna
Genitive	مَنٍّ mannin	الْمَنِّ‎ al-manni	مَنِّ manni

Noun edit

مَنّ • (mann) m (collective, singulative مَنَّة‎ f (manna))

aphid

Declension edit

Declension of noun مَنّ (mann)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنّ mann	الْمَنّ‎ al-mann	مَنّ mann
Nominative	مَنٌّ mannun	الْمَنُّ‎ al-mannu	مَنُّ mannu
Accusative	مَنًّا‎ mannan	الْمَنَّ‎ al-manna	مَنَّ manna
Genitive	مَنٍّ mannin	الْمَنِّ‎ al-manni	مَنِّ manni
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَّة‎ manna	الْمَنَّة‎ al-manna	مَنَّة‎ mannat
Nominative	مَنَّةٌ‎ mannatun	الْمَنَّةُ‎ al-mannatu	مَنَّةُ‎ mannatu
Accusative	مَنَّةً‎ mannatan	الْمَنَّةَ‎ al-mannata	مَنَّةَ‎ mannata
Genitive	مَنَّةٍ‎ mannatin	الْمَنَّةِ‎ al-mannati	مَنَّةِ‎ mannati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَّتَيْن‎ mannatayn	الْمَنَّتَيْن‎ al-mannatayn	مَنَّتَيْ‎ mannatay
Nominative	مَنَّتَانِ‎ mannatāni	الْمَنَّتَانِ‎ al-mannatāni	مَنَّتَا‎ mannatā
Accusative	مَنَّتَيْنِ‎ mannatayni	الْمَنَّتَيْنِ‎ al-mannatayni	مَنَّتَيْ‎ mannatay
Genitive	مَنَّتَيْنِ‎ mannatayni	الْمَنَّتَيْنِ‎ al-mannatayni	مَنَّتَيْ‎ mannatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَّات‎ mannāt	الْمَنَّات‎ al-mannāt	مَنَّات‎ mannāt
Nominative	مَنَّاتٌ‎ mannātun	الْمَنَّاتُ‎ al-mannātu	مَنَّاتُ‎ mannātu
Accusative	مَنَّاتٍ‎ mannātin	الْمَنَّاتِ‎ al-mannāti	مَنَّاتِ‎ mannāti
Genitive	مَنَّاتٍ‎ mannātin	الْمَنَّاتِ‎ al-mannāti	مَنَّاتِ‎ mannāti

References edit

Ahrens, Karl (1930), “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 84, page 25
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[2] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 21
Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 271–272

Etymology 4 edit

From Aramaic מָנָא‎ (mānā), from Akkadian 𒈠𒉡𒌑 (manû), whence also Sumerian 𒈠𒈾 (MA.NA /⁠mana⁠/) and Hebrew מָנֶה‎ (mānḗ).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /mann/

Noun edit

مَنّ • (mann) m (plural أَمْنَان‎ (ʔamnān))

a historical unit of mass – translatable as mina or maund – varying usually between ca. 1–3 kilograms, however in some cases also going up over 40 kilograms.

Declension edit

Declension of noun مَنّ (mann)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنّ mann	الْمَنّ‎ al-mann	مَنّ mann
Nominative	مَنٌّ mannun	الْمَنُّ‎ al-mannu	مَنُّ mannu
Accusative	مَنًّا‎ mannan	الْمَنَّ‎ al-manna	مَنَّ manna
Genitive	مَنٍّ mannin	الْمَنِّ‎ al-manni	مَنِّ manni
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَّيْن‎ mannayn	الْمَنَّيْن‎ al-mannayn	مَنَّيْ‎ mannay
Nominative	مَنَّانِ‎ mannāni	الْمَنَّانِ‎ al-mannāni	مَنَّا‎ mannā
Accusative	مَنَّيْنِ‎ mannayni	الْمَنَّيْنِ‎ al-mannayni	مَنَّيْ‎ mannay
Genitive	مَنَّيْنِ‎ mannayni	الْمَنَّيْنِ‎ al-mannayni	مَنَّيْ‎ mannay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمْنَان‎ ʔamnān	الْأَمْنَان‎ al-ʔamnān	أَمْنَان‎ ʔamnān
Nominative	أَمْنَانٌ‎ ʔamnānun	الْأَمْنَانُ‎ al-ʔamnānu	أَمْنَانُ‎ ʔamnānu
Accusative	أَمْنَانًا‎ ʔamnānan	الْأَمْنَانَ‎ al-ʔamnāna	أَمْنَانَ‎ ʔamnāna
Genitive	أَمْنَانٍ‎ ʔamnānin	الْأَمْنَانِ‎ al-ʔamnāni	أَمْنَانِ‎ ʔamnāni

References edit

Freytag, Georg (1837), “من”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 211–212
Wehr, Hans (1979), “من”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 1084–1085

Azerbaijani edit

Pronoun edit

من

Arabic spelling of mən (“I”)

Declension edit

Declension of من

	singular	plural
nominative	من	منلر‎
definite accusative	منی‎	منلری‎
dative	منه‎	منلره‎
locative	منده‎	منلرده‎
ablative	مندن‎	منلردن‎
definite genitive	منین‎	منلرین‎

Central Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

Compare Persian ‎ (man).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /mɪn/

Pronoun edit

Northern Kurdish	ez
Southern Kurdish	م‎ (mi)

من (min)

I
me
my, mine

Chagatai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).

Pronoun edit

من (män)

I

Declension edit

Declension of Chagatai personal pronouns

	singular				plural
	1st person	2nd person		3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
	1st person	familiar	polite	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
nominative	من (män)	سن‎ (sän)	سیز‎ (siz)	اول‎, او‎ (ul, u)	بیز‎ (biz)	سیزلار‎ (sizlär)	اولار‎, الار‎ (ular, alar)
genitive	منينک‎ (meniñ)	سنينک‎ (seniñ)	سیزنينک‎ (sizniñ)	اونينک‎, انينک‎ (uniñ, aniñ)	بیزنينک‎ (bizniñ)	سیزلارنينک‎ (sizlärniñ)	اولارنينک‎ (ularniñ)
dative	منکا‎, مانکا‎ (maña)	سنکا‎, سانکا‎ (saña)	سیزکە‎ (sizgä)	اولارغە انکا‎ (ularğa aña)	بیزکا‎ (bizgä)	سیزلارکا‎ (sizlärgä)	اولارغە‎ (ularğa)
accusative	منی‎ (meni)	سنی‎ (seni)	سیزنی‎ (sizni)	انی‎ (ani)	بیزنی‎ (bizni)	سیزلارنی‎ (sizlärni)	اولارنی‎ (ularni)
locative	مندە‎ (mändä)	سندە‎ (sändä)	سیزدە‎ (sizdä)	اونينکدە‎, اندا‎, انينکدە‎ (uniñda, anda, aniñda)	بیزدە‎ (bizdä)	سیزلاردە‎ (sizlärdä)	اولاردە‎ (ularda)
ablative	مندين‎ (mändin)	سندين‎ (sändin)	سیزدين‎ (sizdin)	اونينکدين‎, اندين‎, انينکدين‎ (uniñdin, andin, aniñdin)	بیزدين‎ (bizdin)	سیزلاردين‎ (sizlärdin)	اولاردين‎ (ulardin)

Karakhanid edit

Alternative forms edit

بَنْ‎ (ben) (Oghuz language)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”). Cognate with Turkish ben (“I”), Turkish -im (“first person singular suffix”).

Pronoun edit

من (men)

I

Postposition edit

من (men)

Denotes "to be" for first person singular when at the end of an object; am.
Denotes first person singular after various tenses.

Usage notes edit

It can be said that the word acts as a suffix.

Khalaj edit

Pronoun edit

مَن (mən)

Arabic spelling of mən (“I”)

Khorasani Turkish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /mæn/

Pronoun edit

من (män)

I

North Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic مِن‎ (min, “from, of, than”). Possibly conflated with Arabic مُنْذُ‎ (munḏu, “since, for”) in some senses.

Preposition edit

من • (min, mn, mni)

than
from, of
‏تعبت من الحكي‎
tʿibt mni l-ḥaki
I’m tired of talking.
ago
‏شفتك من كم يوم‎
šiftak min kam yōm
I saw you a few days ago.
since
‏من إيام المدرسة مش حاكيين‎
min ʾiyyām il-madrase miš ḥākyīn
We haven't spoken since [our] school days.

Usage notes edit

The underlying form is min, but the pronunciation is determined by the phonotactical environment. The medial -i- will usually be deleted following vowels (including epenthetic linking vowels as in the example above).
Suffixes are attached to the stem minn-, for example منك‎ (minnak, “from you”). The third-person singular feminine merges with the first-person plural as منا‎ (minna, “from her; from us”). However, the feminine may also be realized as منها‎ (minha), and the plural occasionally as منِنا‎ (minina, specifically /mɪnina/), to avoid confusion. (The latter change is rarer, but can be seen somewhat-more-commonly in analogous dialectical derivations of the stem إن‎ (inn-, “that”).)

Conjunction edit

من • (min)

since ... was/were; followed by a personal pronoun + و to express a now-untrue past state
‏من أنا وصغير‎
min ana w-ẓḡīr
ever since I was little

‏من نحنا وبالمدرسة مش حاكيين‎
min niḥna w-bi-l-madrase mish ḥākyīn
We haven't spoken since we were in school.

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic مَا إنَّ‎ (mā ʔinna).

Adverb edit

من • (mann)

(false verb) not to be (always followed by a personal suffix)
‏المحل منو مفتوح‎
l-maḥall mannu maftūḥ
The shop isn’t open.

Synonyms edit

مش‎ (miš)
مان‎ (mān) (regional)

Ottoman Turkish edit

Pronoun edit

من • (men)

Alternative form of بن‎ (ben, “I”)

Pashto edit

Noun edit

من • (man) m

maund (unit of mass)

Persian edit


Iranian Persian	من
Dari	من
Tajik	ман

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Persian 𐫖𐫗‎ (man, “me (early), I (later)”) from Old Persian 𐎶𐎴 (m-n /⁠mana⁠/, “me”) from Proto-Iranian *máHm from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHm (“accusative singular of *aȷ́ʰám”). Cognate with Sanskrit मा (mā, “me”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀‎ (mana, “me”), Ancient Greek ἐμέ (emé, “accusative of "ἐγώ"”), and Latin me (“accusative of "ego"”).

Alternative forms edit

مو‎ (mu), مه‎ (ma) (dialectal)

Pronunciation edit

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [man]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [män]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [män]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [män]

Readings
Classical reading^?	man
Dari reading^?	man
Iranian reading^?	man
Tajik reading^?	man

Audio (Iranian Persian) (file)

Pronoun edit

مَن • (man)

I
Synonyms: (dated) بنده‎ (bande), اینجانب‎ (injâneb)

‏‎‎ ― man raftam. ― I went.

‏‎‎ ― u man râ did. ― He saw me.
(generally with following ‎) me
Synonyms: (dated) بنده‎ (bande), اینجانب‎ (injâneb)
(at the end of a Genitive ezafe) my

Usage notes edit

When acting as the grammatical object, the form (man râ) is used. Which can be contracted into ‎ (marâ).
(colloquial, Iranian Persian) when acting as the grammatical object it is commonly contracted with ‎ (râ) into ‎ (mano).

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Persian, from Akkadian 𒈠𒉡𒌑 (manû).

Noun edit

مَن • (man)

maund (unit of mass)

Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit मनस् (mánas), from Proto-Indo-European *ménos (“mind”), from *men- (“to think”).

Noun edit

مَن • (man) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਨ)

Declension edit

Declension of من
dir. sg.	مَن‎ (man)
dir. pl.	مَن‎ (man)
	singular	plural
direct	مَن‎ (man)	مَن‎ (man)
oblique	مَن‎ (man)	مَناں‎ (manāṉ)
vocative	مَنا‎ (manā)	مَنو‎ (mano)
ablative	مَنوں‎ (manoṉ)	—
locative	مَنے‎ (mane)	مَنِیں‎ (manīṉ)
instrumental	مَنے‎ (mane)	مَنِیں‎ (manīṉ)

South Levantine Arabic edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic مِن‎ (min, “from, of, than”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /min/, [mɪn]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Preposition edit

من • (min)

from, of
Antonyms: لـ‎ (la-), على‎ (ʕala)
(time) since, for
Antonyms: لـ‎ (la-), حتى‎ (ḥatta), لحد‎ (la-ḥadd)
than (with comparatives)
such as, for example

Inflection edit

Inflected forms of من
Base form				من (min)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	singular		plural
Personal-pronoun- including forms	m	f	plural
1^st person	منّي‎ (minni)		منّا‎ (minna)
2^nd person	منّك‎ (minnak)	منّك‎ (minnek)	منكم‎ (minkom)
3^rd person	منّه‎ (minno)	منها‎ (minha)	منهم‎ (minhom)

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (man), ultimately from Akkadian 𒈠𒉡𒌑 (manû).

Noun edit

من • (man) m (Hindi spelling मन)

maund (unit of mass)

Ushojo edit

Etymology edit

From Urdu من‎ (man).

Noun edit

من (man)

maund (unit of mass)
50 kilos

		singular	plural
1st person		من (man), مه‎ (ma)*	ما‎ (mā)
2nd person	familiar	تو‎ (tū)	شما‎ (šumā)
2nd person	polite	شما‎ (šumā)	شما‎ (šumā)
3rd person	general	او‎ (ō), آن‎ (ān)	آن‌ها‎ (ān-hā), آنان‎ (ānān), آنا‎ (ānā), اونا‎ (ōnā)
	formal	وی‎ (way)	ایشان‎ (ēšān)
	polite	ایشان‎ (ēšān)	ایشان‎ (ēšān)
* colloquial Dari pronunciations

		singular	plural
1st person		‎ (man)	‎ (mâ)
2nd person	familiar	‎ (to)	‎ (šomâ)
2nd person	polite	‎ (šomâ)	‎ (šomâ)
3rd person	general	‎ (u) ‎ (on)*	‎ (ân-hâ), ‎ (ânân) ‎ (onâ)*
	formal	‎ (vey)	‎ (išân)
	polite	‎ (išân)	‎ (išân)
* colloquial pronunciations

من

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