Given name · Sanskrit
मणि
“ornament, jewel”
मणि (maṇí) is a masculine given name from Proto-Indo-Aryan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Sanskrit.
SanskritWritten in Devanagari script.
Meaning & origin
What it means
मणि goes back to Proto-Indo-European, meaning “ornament, jewel.”
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Where it comes from
मणि comes from Proto-Indo-Aryan, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
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How it developed
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maníṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maníš.
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मणि’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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