Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मानव (mānava).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mɑː.nəʋ/, [mäː.nɐʋ]

Noun edit

मानव (mānavm (Urdu spelling مانو)

  1. human being
  2. man, male
  3. mankind, humanity

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Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मानव (mānava).

Noun edit

मानव (mānavm

  1. human, human being
  2. man, male
  3. mankind, humanity

Further reading edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “मानव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मानव”, 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) “मानव”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Nepali edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मानव (mānava).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

मानव (mānav)

  1. human, human being
  2. man, male
  3. mankind, humanity

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • मानव”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś)[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

Sanskrit edit

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Etymology edit

Vṛddhi derivative of मनु (mánu).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

मानव (mānavá) stemm

  1. human, human being
  2. man, male
    Synonyms: पुरुष (púruṣa), मनुष्य (manuṣyá), नर (nára), मर्त (márta), मानुष (mā́nuṣa, mānuṣá)
  3. mankind, humanity

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of मानव
Nom. sg. मानवः (mānavaḥ)
Gen. sg. मानवस्य (mānavasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मानवः (mānavaḥ) मानवौ (mānavau) मानवाः (mānavāḥ)
Vocative मानव (mānava) मानवौ (mānavau) मानवाः (mānavāḥ)
Accusative मानवम् (mānavam) मानवौ (mānavau) मानवान् (mānavān)
Instrumental मानवेण (mānaveṇa) मानवाभ्याम् (mānavābhyām) मानवैः (mānavaiḥ)
Dative मानवाय (mānavāya) मानवाभ्याम् (mānavābhyām) मानवेभ्यः (mānavebhyaḥ)
Ablative मानवात् (mānavāt) मानवाभ्याम् (mānavābhyām) मानवेभ्यः (mānavebhyaḥ)
Genitive मानवस्य (mānavasya) मानवयोः (mānavayoḥ) मानवाणाम् (mānavāṇām)
Locative मानवे (mānave) मानवयोः (mānavayoḥ) मानवेषु (mānaveṣu)

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