Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Marathi verb set
मानणे (mānṇe)
मानवणे (mānavṇe)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘰𑘡𑘜𑘹 (mānaṇe), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀇 (maṇṇaï), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀁𑀜𑀢𑁂 (maṃñate) (Girnar), from Sanskrit मन्यते (mányate). Cognate with Gujarati માનવું (mānvũ), Hindustani مَانَّا (mānnā) / मानना (mānnā), Sindhi مَڃَڻُ / मञणु, Punjabi ਮੰਨਣਾ (mannṇā) / مَنّنا (mannnā), Bengali মানা (mana), Assamese মনা (mona) / মানা (mana).

Pronunciation edit

  • (formal) IPA(key): /man.ɳe/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /man.ɳə/

Verb edit

मानणे (mānṇe) (transitive)

  1. to honour, respect
  2. to believe, believe in, hold to be correct
  3. to consider as
  4. to obey

References edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “मानणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मानणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मान”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mányatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press