معنی

See also: معنى

Persian

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.nɑ́ː], [mäʔ.níː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.níː], [mɑː.nɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.nɔ́ː], [mɔː.ní]

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


Iranian Persian	معنی
Dari	معنی
Tajik	маънӣ, маъно

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

meaning, sense
Synonym: چم (čam)

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, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, 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 safīr-i murğ āmōzand xalq, k-īn suxan kār-i dahān uftād u halq, lēk az ma'nī-i murğān bē-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.
essence, spirit
reality
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume IV, verse 1873:
  صورتش کرمست و معنی اژدها.
  surat-aš kerm-ast o ma'ni aždahâ.
  Its form is a worm, but its reality is a dragon.

معنی • (ma'nī) f (Hindi spelling मानी)