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See also: मनु, मन्, and मैंने

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mən/, [mɐ̃n]

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit मनस् (manas), from Proto-Indo-European *ménos (“mind”), from *men- (“to think”). Cognates include Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬋 (manō), Latin mens, Ancient Greek μένος (ménos) and English mind. Compare with Bengali মন (mon), Assamese মন (mon), Gujarati મન (man), Malayalam മാനസം (mānasaṁ),Marathi मानस (mānas), Telugu మనసు (manasu) and Punjabi ਮਨ (man).

Noun

मन • (man) m (Urdu spelling من)

1. mind, intellect

   (deprecated template usage)

   यह विचार मेरे मन में नहीं आया था।

   yah vicār mere man mẽ nahī̃ āyā thā.

   This thought never crossed my mind.

2. (figurative) heart, feeling, emotion

   (deprecated template usage) मन में एक ललक है। ― man mẽ ek lalak hai. ― There is a longing in my heart.

3. soul
4. temperament
5. intention, desire
6. choice

Declension

Declension of मन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मन man	मन man
oblique	मन man	मनों manõ
vocative	मन man	मनो mano

Synonyms

• जी (jī)
• दिल (dil)
• हिया (hiyā)
• (less common) चित्त (citt)

Derived terms

• मनोक्लान्ति (manoklānti, “mental fatigue”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian من (man).

Noun

मन • (man) m (Urdu spelling من)

1. maund (unit of mass equaling 40 kilograms)

Declension

Declension of मन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मन man	मन man
oblique	मन man	मनों manõ
vocative	मन man	मनो mano

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mʌn]
• Phonetic Devanagari: मन्

मन • (man)

1. mind, intellect
2. (figurative) heart

   मन पर्नु  ―  man parnu  ―  to like

3. emotion
4. mood

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• mana (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• মন (Bengali script)
• මන (Sinhalese script)
• မန or မၼ (Burmese script)
• มน or มะนะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ມນ or ມະນະ (Lao script)
• មន (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄚 (Chakma script)

Alternative scripts

• mana (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• মন (Bengali script)
• මන (Sinhalese script)
• မန or မၼ (Burmese script)
• มน or มะนะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ມນ or ມະນະ (Lao script)
• មន (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄚 (Chakma script)

Noun

मन m or n

1. Devanagari script form of mana