معنوی

See also: معنوي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْنَوِيّ (maʕnawiyy).

Adjective

  1. spiritual
  2. unworldly
  3. mental
  4. moral

Descendants

  • Turkish: manevi

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْنَوِيّ (maʕnawiyy).

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /maʔnawiː/

Adjective

Dari معنوی
Iranian Persian
Tajik маънавӣ (maʾnavī)

مَعنَوی (ma'navi) (comparative مَعنَوی‌تَر (ma'navi-tar), superlative مَعنَوی‌تَرین (ma'navi-tarin))

  1. semantic
  2. mental
    مالکیت معنویmâlekiyat-e ma'naviintangible property
  3. spiritual
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 4229:
      خوش بیان کرد آن حکیم غزنوی / بهر محجوبان مثال معنوی
      xoš bayân kard ân hakim-e ğaznavi / bahr-e mahjubân mesâl-e ma'navi
      Well did the Sage of Ghazna set forth the [following] spiritual parable for the sake of those who are veiled [from perception of the truth].
  • مَعنَویَت (ma'naviyat)
  • مَعنی (ma'ni)

Descendants

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