معنی

See also: معنى

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْنَى (maʕnā).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /maʔˈnɑː/, /maʔˈniː/
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): /mɑːˈniː/, /maʔaˈniː/
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /maʔˈnɔ/, /maʔˈni/

Noun

Dari معنی
Iranian Persian
Tajik маънӣ, маъно (maʾnī, maʾno)

مَعنی (ma'ni) (plural مَعانی (ma'âni) or مَعنی‌ها (ma'ni-hâ))

  1. meaning, sense
    Synonym: چم (čam)
    به زبان اردو، این کلمه به معنی « بزرگ/کلان » است.
    be zabân-e ordu, in kalame be ma'ni-ye "bozorg" ast.
    In Urdu, this word means "big".
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, Reynold A. Nicholson, transl., مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume V, verse 1441—1442:
      هم صفیر مرغ آموزند خلق، کین سخن کار دهان افتاد و حلق، لیک از معنی مرغان بی‌خبر.
      ham safir-e morğ âmuzand xalq, k-in soxan kâr-e dahân oftâd o halq, lik az ma'ni-ye morğân bi-xabar.
      Likewise, people learn the note of birds, for this speech [of birds] is an affair of the mouth and throat; but [all are] ignorant of the birds' meaning.
  2. essence, spirit
  3. reality

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْنَى (maʕnā).

Noun

معنی (ma'nī) f (Hindi spelling मअनी)

  1. meaning
  2. intent

Synonyms

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