म्हणून

Konkani

Etymology

Past perfect of म्हण्चे (mhaṇce, “to say”). Cognate with Marathi म्हणून (mhaṇūn). Literally meaning "having said that".

Adverb

म्हणून • (mhaṇūn) (Latin script mhonnun, Kannada script ಮ್ಹಣೂನ್)

1. thus, therefore

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘥𑘜𑘼𑘡𑘲 (bhaṇaunī), 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘄𑘡𑘳 (mhaṇaunu), 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘼𑘡𑘲 (mhaṇaunī), 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘼𑘡𑘲𑘧𑘰 (mhaṇaunīyā), from:

the verb 𑘥𑘜𑘜𑘹 (bhaṇaṇe), 𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘜𑘜𑘹 (mhaṇaṇe, “to say”) + the absolutive ending 𑘄𑘡𑘳 (unu), 𑘍𑘡𑘲 (aunī), 𑘍𑘡𑘲𑘧𑘰 (aunīyā).

By surface analysis, म्हणणे (mhaṇṇe, “to say”) +‎ -ऊन (-ūn, absolutive/completive marker and subordinating conjunction). Related to म्हणजे (mhaṇje). Cognate with Konkani म्हणून (mhaṇūn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mʱə.ɳun/, [mʱə.ɳuːn]

Conjunction

म्हणून • (mhaṇūn)

1. thus, therefore

Postposition

म्हणून • (mhaṇūn)

1. as

   या शाळेत मी शिक्षक म्हणून काम करतो.

   yā śāḷet mī śikṣak mhaṇūn kām karto.

   I work as a teacher in this school.

Further reading

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