mâni

Romanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [mɨnʲ]

Verb

mâni

  1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of mâna

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مانع‎, from Arabic مَانِع‎ (māniʕ), from verb مَنَعَ‎ (manaʕa, “to hinder”).

Noun

mâni (definite accusative mânii, plural mâniler)

  1. obstacle (either physically or figuratively)

Synonyms

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mani1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مانع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1662
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 730
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