مني

See also: منی and منى

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the roots م ن ي (m-n-y) and م ن و (m-n-w).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.nijj/

Noun

مَنِيّ • (maniyy) m (plural مُنْي (muny))

1. conceptive fluid or discharge

   Synonym: مَاء (māʔ)

   1. male ejaculation, semen; sperm
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 75:37:

        أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِنْ مَنِيٍّ يُمْنَى

        ʔalam yaku nuṭfatan min maniyyin yumnā

        Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

   2. (obsolete) female ejaculation
      • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim:

        قَالَ: «وَجِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ رَجُلٌ أَوْ رَجُلَانِ.» قَالَ: «يَنْفَعُكَ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكَ؟» قَالَ: «أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنَيَّ.» قَالَ: «جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْوَلَدِ.» قَالَ: «مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ أَبْيَضُ، وَمَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ أَصْفَرُ، فَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَا، فَعَلَا مَنِيُّ الرَّجُلِ مَنِيَّ الْمَرْأَةِ، أَذْكَرَا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ، وَإِذَا عَلَا مَنِيُّ الْمَرْأَةِ مَنِيَّ الرَّجُلِ، آنَثَا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ.» قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ: «لَقَدْ صَدَقْتَ، وَإِنَّكَ لَنَبِيٌّ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَذَهَبَ.»

        [Then] he [the Jew] said, "I also came to ask you about something no one on earth would know but a Prophet or one or two [other] men." [So] he [the Prophet] said, "Would it benefit you if I answered?" [So] he [the Jew] said, "I shall hear [it] with my [own] ears. I came to ask you about [one's] offspring." [So] he [the Prophet] said, "The fluid of men is white; that of women is yellow. If they combine and the fluid of the man rises above [or overpowers] the woman's, they beget a male if Allah wills it, and if the fluid of the woman rises above [or overpowers] the man's, they beget a female if Allah wills it." [So] the Jew said, "You have spoken truthfully, and you are indeed a prophet." Then he went away and left.

Usage notes

Much older texts usually do not lexically distinguish between male and female ejaculation. Modern texts, on the other hand, tend to reserve مَنِيّ (maniyy) for referring to male ejaculation. See the entry for مَاء (māʔ) for more information.

Declension

Declension of noun مَنِيّ (maniyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنِي manī	الْمَنِي al-manī	مَنِي manī
Nominative	مَنِيٌّ maniyyun	الْمَنِيُّ al-maniyyu	مَنِيُّ maniyyu
Accusative	مَنِيًّا maniyyan	الْمَنِيَّ al-maniyya	مَنِيَّ maniyya
Genitive	مَنِيٍّ maniyyin	الْمَنِيِّ al-maniyyi	مَنِيِّ maniyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنِيَّيْن maniyyayn	الْمَنِيَّيْن al-maniyyayn	مَنِيَّيْ maniyyay
Nominative	مَنِيَّانِ maniyyāni	الْمَنِيَّانِ al-maniyyāni	مَنِيَّا maniyyā
Accusative	مَنِيَّيْنِ maniyyayni	الْمَنِيَّيْنِ al-maniyyayni	مَنِيَّيْ maniyyay
Genitive	مَنِيَّيْنِ maniyyayni	الْمَنِيَّيْنِ al-maniyyayni	مَنِيَّيْ maniyyay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُنْي muny	الْمُنْي al-muny	مُنْي muny
Nominative	مُنْيٌ munyun	الْمُنْيُ al-munyu	مُنْيُ munyu
Accusative	مُنْيًا munyan	الْمُنْيَ al-munya	مُنْيَ munya
Genitive	مُنْيٍ munyin	الْمُنْيِ al-munyi	مُنْيِ munyi

Synonyms

• سَائِل مَنَوِيّ (sāʔil manawiyy)

Related terms

• مَنَوِيّ (manawiyy)

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: مني (mani)
• → Azerbaijani: məni
• → Bashkir: мәней (məney)
• → Pashto: مني (mani)
• → Persian: منی (mani)
• → Indonesian: mani
• → Maranao: mani
• → Swahili: manii
• → Ottoman Turkish: منی
  • → Turkish: meni
• → Uyghur: مەنى (meni)
• → Uzbek: maniy

Etymology 2

مِنْ (min) + نِي (nī).

Prepositional phrase

مِنِّي or مِنِّيَ • (minnī or minniya)

1. Form of مِنْ (min) including first-person singular personal pronoun as object.

Etymology 3

Verb

مُنِّي • (munnī) (form I) /mun.niː/

1. second-person feminine singular imperative of مَنَّ (manna)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology 1

Perhaps univerbation of من (min, “from”) and هني (hnī, “here”)? (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /mɪnˈniː/

Adverb

مِنّي • (minnī)

1. here

   Synonym: هني (hnī)

   Coordinate terms: مناك (minnāk), هناك (hnāk)

   التدخين ممنوع مني

   it-tadḵīn mamnūʕ minnī

   Smoking is forbidden here

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Arabic مَنِيّ (maniyy).

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ˈmə.ni/

Noun

مَني • (mani) m

1. (rare or euphemistic outside theology) sperm, semen

   Synonym: كتة (katta)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.ni/

Preposition

مِنّي • (minni)

1. first-person singular pronominal form of من (min): from me

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic مَنِيّ (maniyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈni/

Noun

مني • (maní) m

1. semen, sperm

Sindhi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kachchi મન્ની (mannī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.niː/

Noun

مِنيِ • (manī) f (Devanagari मनी)

1. cat

Further reading

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “مني”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society