مننگ

Brahui

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *man-. Cognate with Tamil மன்னு (maṉṉu, “to be permanent, endure”).

Verb

مَنِّنْگ (manniṅg)

1. to become, be
2. to curdle

References

• Bray, Denys (1934) “manning¹”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 200
• M. S. Andronov (1980) The Brahui Language (Languages of Asia and Africa), Moscow: Nauka Publishing House, page 82
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “4778”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mányatay. The intermediate source is either:

• Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan, from Prakrit 𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀤𑀺 (maṇṇadi), from Sanskrit मन्यते (mányate, “to think”). Compare Sindhi مَڃَڻُ (mañaṇu, “to accept”), Punjabi ਮੰਨਣਾ (mannṇā).
• Borrowed from Northwestern Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *mányatay. Compare Pashto منل (manә́l, “to accept”).

Verb

مَنِّنْگ (manniṅg)

1. to pay heed to, obey

References

• Bray, Denys (1934) “manning²”, in The Brahui Language‎^[2], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 201