Odia edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle Odia -ମାନ (-māna), -ମାଣ (-māṇa), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀯 (māṇava, man), from Sanskrit मानव (mānava); adopting the word for “man” as a plural affix.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-ମାନେ (-mane)

  1. plural marker of nouns

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, pages 97, 525