معنى

See also: معنی‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ن ي‎ (ʿ-n-y), from the verb عَنَى‎ (ʿanā, “to be on someone's mind”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʕ.nan/
IPA^(key): /maʕ.naː/ (informal)
Audio (informal: مَعْنَى) (file)

Noun

مَعْنًى • (maʿnan) m (construct state مَعْنَى (maʿnā), dual مَعْنَيَانِ‎ (maʿnayāni), plural مَعَانٍ‎ (maʿānin), plural construct state مَعَانِي‎ (maʿānī))

meaning, import, sense
concept, notion, idea, thought
rhetorical expression, figurative expression

Declension

Declension of noun مَعْنًى (maʿnan)

Singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعْنَى maʿnā	الْمَعْنَى‎ al-maʿnā	مَعْنَى maʿnā
Nominative	مَعْنًى maʿnan	الْمَعْنَى‎ al-maʿnā	مَعْنَى maʿnā
Accusative	مَعْنًى maʿnan	الْمَعْنَى‎ al-maʿnā	مَعْنَى maʿnā
Genitive	مَعْنًى maʿnan	الْمَعْنَى‎ al-maʿnā	مَعْنَى maʿnā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعْنَيَيْن‎ maʿnayayn	الْمَعْنَيَيْن‎ al-maʿnayayn	مَعْنَيَيْ‎ maʿnayay
Nominative	مَعْنَيَانِ‎ maʿnayāni	الْمَعْنَيَانِ‎ al-maʿnayāni	مَعْنَيَا‎ maʿnayā
Accusative	مَعْنَيَيْنِ‎ maʿnayayni	الْمَعْنَيَيْنِ‎ al-maʿnayayni	مَعْنَيَيْ‎ maʿnayay
Genitive	مَعْنَيَيْنِ‎ maʿnayayni	الْمَعْنَيَيْنِ‎ al-maʿnayayni	مَعْنَيَيْ‎ maʿnayay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعَانِي‎ maʿānī	الْمَعَانِي‎ al-maʿānī	مَعَانِي‎ maʿānī
Nominative	مَعَانٍ‎ maʿānin	الْمَعَانِي‎ al-maʿānī	مَعَانِي‎ maʿānī
Accusative	مَعَانِيَ‎ maʿāniya	الْمَعَانِيَ‎ al-maʿāniya	مَعَانِيَ‎ maʿāniya
Genitive	مَعَانٍ‎ maʿānin	الْمَعَانِي‎ al-maʿānī	مَعَانِي‎ maʿānī

Descendants

Azerbaijani: məna
Bashkir: мәғәнә (mäğänä)
Bengali: মানে (mane)
Hausa: ma'ana
Hindi: मअनी (maanī)
Persian: معنی‎ (ma'ni)
Kazakh: мағына (mağına)
Kyrgyz: маани (maani)
Malay: makna
Pashto: معنى‎ (ma'nã), معنا‎ (ma'nã)
Swahili: maana
Tajik: маънӣ (maʾnī), маъно (maʾno)
Turkish: mana
Tatar: мәгънә (mäğnä)
Turkmen: many
Uyghur: مەنە‎ (mene)
Urdu: معنی‎ (ma'nī)
Uzbek: mano, maʻno, mani

References

Horten, Max (1910), “Was bedeutet مَعْنًى als philosophischer Terminus? Eine Studie zur Geschichte der islamischen Philosophie”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 64, pages 391–396
Wehr, Hans (1979), “عني”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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