معنى

See also: معنی‎

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

مَعْنًى • (maʕnan) m (construct state مَعْنَى (maʕnā), dual مَعْنَيَانِ‎ (maʕnayāni), plural مَعَانٍ‎ (maʕānin), plural construct state مَعَانِي‎ (maʕānī))

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

Declension

Declension of noun مَعْنًى (maʕnan)

Singular	singular in ـًى (-an)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعْنَى maʕnā	الْمَعْنَى‎ al-maʕnā	مَعْنَى maʕnā
Nominative	مَعْنًى maʕnan	الْمَعْنَى‎ al-maʕnā	مَعْنَى maʕnā
Accusative	مَعْنًى maʕnan	الْمَعْنَى‎ al-maʕnā	مَعْنَى maʕnā
Genitive	مَعْنًى maʕnan	الْمَعْنَى‎ al-maʕnā	مَعْنَى maʕnā
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعْنَيَيْن‎ maʕnayayn	الْمَعْنَيَيْن‎ al-maʕnayayn	مَعْنَيَيْ‎ maʕnayay
Nominative	مَعْنَيَانِ‎ maʕnayāni	الْمَعْنَيَانِ‎ al-maʕnayāni	مَعْنَيَا‎ maʕnayā
Accusative	مَعْنَيَيْنِ‎ maʕnayayni	الْمَعْنَيَيْنِ‎ al-maʕnayayni	مَعْنَيَيْ‎ maʕnayay
Genitive	مَعْنَيَيْنِ‎ maʕnayayni	الْمَعْنَيَيْنِ‎ al-maʕnayayni	مَعْنَيَيْ‎ maʕnayay
Plural	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعَانِي‎ maʕānī	الْمَعَانِي‎ al-maʕānī	مَعَانِي‎ maʕānī
Nominative	مَعَانٍ‎ maʕānin	الْمَعَانِي‎ al-maʕānī	مَعَانِي‎ maʕānī
Accusative	مَعَانِيَ‎ maʕāniya	الْمَعَانِيَ‎ al-maʕāniya	مَعَانِيَ‎ maʕāniya
Genitive	مَعَانٍ‎ maʕānin	الْمَعَانِي‎ al-maʕānī	مَعَانِي‎ maʕānī

Descendants

Gulf Arabic: معنى‎ (maʕna)
Moroccan Arabic: معنى‎ (maʕna)
North Levantine Arabic: معنى‎ (maʕna)
South Levantine Arabic: معنى‎ (maʕna)
→ Azerbaijani: məna
→ Bashkir: мәғәнә (mäğänä)
→ Bengali: মানে (mane)
→ Hausa: ma'ana
→ Hindi: मअनी (maanī)
→ Persian: معنی‎ (ma'ni)
→ Kazakh: мағына (mağyna)
→ Kyrgyz: маани (maani)
→ Malay: makna
→ Middle Armenian: մանէ (manē)
→ 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: maʼno

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

Moroccan Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʕ.na/

Etymology 1

Root
ع ن ي‎
1 term

From Arabic مَعْنًى‎ (maʕnan).

Noun

معنى • (maʕna) m (construct state معنى (maʕna) or معناة‎ (maʕnāt), plural معاني‎ (mʕāni))

meaning, sense

Etymology 2

Root
م ع ن ي‎
1 term

Denominal verb of معنى‎.

Verb

معنى • (maʕna) (form Iq, non-past يمعني‎ (ymaʕni))

to hint to someone

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

North Levantine Arabic

Noun

معنى • (maʿna) m (plural معاني‎ (maʿāni))

meaning

Usage notes

The construct form is either unchanged as in standard Arabic or it becomes معنات‎, معناة‎ (maʕnēt). Especially with personal suffixes the latter is predominant. The word does not become feminine, however.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ن ي‎

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْنًى‎ (maʕnan).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʕ.na/, [ˈmaʕ.na]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Noun

معنى • (maʕna) m (plural معاني‎ (maʕāni))

meaning, significance

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