Gujarati

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit माणिक्य (māṇikya). Cognate with Assamese মানিক (manik), Bengali মানিক (manik), Bhojpuri मानिक (mānik), Hindi मानिक (mānik), Marathi माणिक (māṇik), Odia ମାଣିକ (māṇika), Punjabi منکا / ਮਣਕਾ (maṇkā), Sindhi ماڻِڪُ (māṇiku), and Sinhalese මැණික් (mæṇik).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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માણેક (māṇekn

  1. ruby

Proper noun

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માણેક (māṇekf

  1. a Lohana surname, Manek, from Sanskrit