معنوی

See also: معنوي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْنَوِيّ (maʕnawiyy).

Adjective

معنوی • (manevi)

Descendants

Turkish: manevi

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْنَوِيّ (maʕnawiyy).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maʔ.na.ˈwiː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.nä.wíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.nä.wíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.nä.wí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.næ.víː]
- (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [mæː.næ.víː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.nä.ví]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ma'nawī
Dari reading^?	ma'nawī
Iranian reading^?	ma'navi
Tajik reading^?	maʾnavī

Adjective


Iranian Persian	معنوی
Dari	معنوی
Tajik	маънавӣ

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

semantic
mental
― mâlekiyat-e ma'navi ― intangible property
spiritual
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, 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].

Related terms

مَعنَویَت (ma'naviyat)
مَعنی (ma'ni)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: mənəvi
→ Ottoman Turkish: معنوی
- Turkish: manevi

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