من

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Semitic *min. Cognate with Hebrew מִן (min).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /min/

Preposition

مِنْ • (min)

having partitive effect: of, some of, parts of, one of
أَكُلْتُ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ. ― ʔakultu mina aṭ-ṭaʕāmi. ― I ate [some] of the food.
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 11:78:
  أَلَيْسَ مِنْكُمْ رَجُلٌ رَشِيدٌ
  ʔalaysa minkum rajulun rašīdun
  Is there not a right-minded man among you?
made of
تِمْثَالٌ مِنَ ٱلرُّخَامِ ― timṯālun mina r-ruḵāmi ― a statue of marble

خَاتَمٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ ― ḵātamun min ḏahabin ― a ring of gold, a gold ring
containing, including
كُوبٌ مِنَ ٱلْقَهْوَةِ ― kūbun mina l-qahwati ― a cup of coffee
pertaining to
to wit
from, away from, out of
(time) at, on
in relation to, with respect to
due to, owing to
مَاتَ مِنَ ٱلْعَطَشِ ― māta mina l-ʕaṭaši ― He died of thirst.
(used to construe certain verbs)
تَمَكَّنُوا مِنْهُ ― tamakkanū minhu ― They took power over him.
between; in contrast with
مَيَّزَ الْجَيِّدَ مِنَ ٱلرَّدِيءِ
mayyaza l-jayyida mina r-radīʔi
He differentiated/discerned between the good and the bad

عَرَفَ الْحَقَّ مِنَ ٱلْبَاطِلِ
ʕarafa l-ḥaqqa mina l-bāṭili
He knew truth from falsehood
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:220:
  وَٱللّٰهُ يَعْلَمُ الْمُفْسِدَ مِنَ ٱلْمُصْلِحِ
  wa-llāhu yaʕlamu l-mufsida mina l-muṣliḥi
  And Allah knows the corrupter from the amender.
than (with comparatives)
مَالِي أَكْثَرُ مِنْ مَالِكَ / أَنَا أَكْثَرُ مِنْكَ مَالاً
mālī ʔakṯaru min mālika / ʔanā ʔakṯaru minka mālan
(please add an English translation of this usage example)
(chiefly in the negative) any (as a subject or object)
مَا رَآنِي مِنْ أَحَدٍ. ― mā raʔānī min ʔaḥadin. ― No one saw me.

مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ أَحَدٍ. ― mā raʔaytu min ʔaḥadin. ― I saw no one.

هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ شَكٍّ؟
hal fī ḏālika min šakkin?
Is there any doubt about that?
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 41:47:
  وَمَا تَحْمِلُ مِنْ أُنْثَىٰ وَلَا تَضَعُ إِلَّا بِعِلْمِهِ
  wa-mā taḥmilu min ʔunṯā wa-lā taḍaʕu ʔillā bi-ʕilmihi
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 35:3:
  هَلْ مِنْ خَالِقٍ غَيْرُ ٱللّٰهِ يَرْزُقُكُمْ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ
  hal min ḵāliqin ḡayru llāhi yarzuqukum mina s-samāʔi wa-l-ʔarḍi
  Is there any creator other than Allah who provides for you from the heaven and earth?

Inflection

Inflected forms

base form					مِنْ (min)
Personal-pronoun including forms
	singular		dual	plural
	m	f	dual	m	f
1^st person	مِنِّي (minnī)		مِنَّا (minnā)
2^nd person	مِنْكَ (minka)	مِنْكِ (minki)	مِنْكُمَا (minkumā)	مِنْكُمْ (minkum)	مِنْكُنَّ (minkunna)
3^rd person	مِنْهُ (minhu)	مِنْهَا (minhā)	مِنْهُمَا (minhumā)	مِنْهُمْ (minhum)	مِنْهُنَّ (minhunna)

Derived terms

مِمَّ (mimma)
مِمَّا (mimmā)
مِمَّنْ (mimman)
مِنْ بَابِ أَوْلَى (min bābi ʔawlā)
مِنْ بَعْدِ (min baʕdi, “after”)
مِنْ بُعْدٍ/بَعْدُ (min buʕdin/baʕdu, “from afar”)
مِنْ حَيْثُ (min ḥayṯu, “from where, whence”)
مِنْ دُونِ (min dūni, “without”)
مِنْ غَيْرِ (min ḡayri, “without”)
مِنْ قَبْلُ (min qablu, “from the front”)
مِنْ قَبْلِ (min qabli, “before”)
مِنْ قُبُلِ (min qubuli, “by, from the part of”)

Descendants

Maltese: minn

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *mann-. Cognates include Aramaic מן (man), Ge'ez መኑ (männu) and Amharic ማን (man).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /man/

Pronoun

مَنْ • (man) m

(interrogative) who?
(interrogative) which?, which one?
(relative) who, the one who, he who, those who, everyone who
(conditional) whoever
مَنْ جَدَّ وَجَدَ
man jadda wajada
seek and ye shall find
(literally, “Whoever strives will find”)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 99:7-8:
  فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ
  وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ
  fa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin ḵayran yarahu
  wa-man yaʕmal miṯqāla ḏarratin šarran yarahu
  So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it,
  And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.

Usage notes

Grammatically a masculine singular, the pronoun is semantically gender- and number-neutral.

Derived terms

لِمَن (liman) ،فَمَن (faman) ،أَفَمَن (ʔafaman)

Etymology 3

Root
م ن ن (m n n)
5 terms

The noun is modelled on a large scale upon Aramaic מַנָּא / ܡܢܐ (mannā) from the same root.

Verb

مَنَّ • (manna) I (non-past يَمُنُّ (yamunnu), verbal noun مَنّ (mann) or مِنَّة (minna))

to be kind, kindly, benign, gracious, benevolent (عَلَى (ʕalā))
to show, to grant, to confer (عَلَى (ʕalā))
إن المسلمين يعرفون المهارات القيادية المختلفة التي مَنَّ بها الله على نبيّه الكريم.
Muslims know the different leadership skills that God has bestowed upon His noble Prophet.
[translit?]
(obsolete) to cut off, to curtail
(obsolete) to jade, to tire
(obsolete) to decrease, to diminish, to reduce
to reproach, to upbraid [transitive ‘with the benefit received’ with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘whom’]
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:22:
  وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَيَّ أَنْ عَبَّدْتَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
  wa-tilka niʕmatun tamunnuhā ʕalayya ʔan ʕabbadta banī ʔisrāʔīla
  And this is the past favour wherewith thou reproachest me: that thou hast enslaved the Children of Israel.

Conjugation

Conjugation of **مَنَّ** (I, geminate, a ~ u, full passive, verbal nouns **مَنّ**, *مِنَّة*)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					مَنّ, مِنَّة mann, minna
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					مَانّ mānn
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مَمْنُون mamnūn
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مَنَنْتُ manantu	مَنَنْتَ mananta	مَنَّ manna	مَنَنْتُمَا manantumā	مَنَّا mannā	مَنَنَّا manannā	مَنَنْتُمْ manantum	مَنُّوا mannū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	مَنَنْتُ manantu	مَنَنْتِ mananti	مَنَّتْ mannat	مَنَنْتُمَا manantumā	مَنَّتَا mannatā	مَنَنَّا manannā	مَنَنْتُنَّ manantunna	مَنَنَّ mananna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَمُنُّ ʔamunnu	تَمُنُّ tamunnu	يَمُنُّ yamunnu	تَمُنَّانِ tamunnāni	يَمُنَّانِ yamunnāni	نَمُنُّ namunnu	تَمُنُّونَ tamunnūna	يَمُنُّونَ yamunnūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَمُنُّ ʔamunnu	تَمُنِّينَ tamunnīna	تَمُنُّ tamunnu	تَمُنَّانِ tamunnāni	تَمُنَّانِ tamunnāni	نَمُنُّ namunnu	تَمْنُنَّ tamnunna	يَمْنُنَّ yamnunna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَمُنَّ ʔamunna	تَمُنَّ tamunna	يَمُنَّ yamunna	تَمُنَّا tamunnā	يَمُنَّا yamunnā	نَمُنَّ namunna	تَمُنُّوا tamunnū	يَمُنُّوا yamunnū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَمُنَّ ʔamunna	تَمُنِّي tamunnī	تَمُنَّ tamunna	تَمُنَّا tamunnā	تَمُنَّا tamunnā	نَمُنَّ namunna	تَمْنُنَّ tamnunna	يَمْنُنَّ yamnunna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَمُنَّ, أَمُنِّ, أَمْنُنْ ʔamunna, ʔamunni, ʔamnun	تَمُنَّ, تَمُنِّ, تَمْنُنْ tamunna, tamunni, tamnun	يَمُنَّ, يَمُنِّ, يَمْنُنْ yamunna, yamunni, yamnun	تَمُنَّا tamunnā	يَمُنَّا yamunnā	نَمُنَّ, نَمُنِّ, نَمْنُنْ namunna, namunni, namnun	تَمُنُّوا tamunnū	يَمُنُّوا yamunnū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَمُنَّ, أَمُنِّ, أَمْنُنْ ʔamunna, ʔamunni, ʔamnun	تَمُنِّي tamunnī	تَمُنَّ, تَمُنِّ, تَمْنُنْ tamunna, tamunni, tamnun	تَمُنَّا tamunnā	تَمُنَّا tamunnā	نَمُنَّ, نَمُنِّ, نَمْنُنْ namunna, namunni, namnun	تَمْنُنَّ tamnunna	يَمْنُنَّ yamnunna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		مُنَّ, مُنِّ, اُمْنُنْ munna, munni, umnun		مُنَّا munnā			مُنُّوا munnū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		مُنِّي munnī		مُنَّا munnā			اُمْنُنَّ umnunna

passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مُنِنْتُ munintu	مُنِنْتَ muninta	مُنَّ munna	مُنِنْتُمَا munintumā	مُنَّا munnā	مُنِنَّا muninnā	مُنِنْتُمْ munintum	مُنُّوا munnū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	مُنِنْتُ munintu	مُنِنْتِ muninti	مُنَّتْ munnat	مُنِنْتُمَا munintumā	مُنَّتَا munnatā	مُنِنَّا muninnā	مُنِنْتُنَّ munintunna	مُنِنَّ muninna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُمَنُّ ʔumannu	تُمَنُّ tumannu	يُمَنُّ yumannu	تُمَنَّانِ tumannāni	يُمَنَّانِ yumannāni	نُمَنُّ numannu	تُمَنُّونَ tumannūna	يُمَنُّونَ yumannūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُمَنُّ ʔumannu	تُمَنِّينَ tumannīna	تُمَنُّ tumannu	تُمَنَّانِ tumannāni	تُمَنَّانِ tumannāni	نُمَنُّ numannu	تُمْنَنَّ tumnanna	يُمْنَنَّ yumnanna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُمَنَّ ʔumanna	تُمَنَّ tumanna	يُمَنَّ yumanna	تُمَنَّا tumannā	يُمَنَّا yumannā	نُمَنَّ numanna	تُمَنُّوا tumannū	يُمَنُّوا yumannū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُمَنَّ ʔumanna	تُمَنِّي tumannī	تُمَنَّ tumanna	تُمَنَّا tumannā	تُمَنَّا tumannā	نُمَنَّ numanna	تُمْنَنَّ tumnanna	يُمْنَنَّ yumnanna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُمَنَّ, أُمَنِّ, أُمْنَنْ ʔumanna, ʔumanni, ʔumnan	تُمَنَّ, تُمَنِّ, تُمْنَنْ tumanna, tumanni, tumnan	يُمَنَّ, يُمَنِّ, يُمْنَنْ yumanna, yumanni, yumnan	تُمَنَّا tumannā	يُمَنَّا yumannā	نُمَنَّ, نُمَنِّ, نُمْنَنْ numanna, numanni, numnan	تُمَنُّوا tumannū	يُمَنُّوا yumannū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُمَنَّ, أُمَنِّ, أُمْنَنْ ʔumanna, ʔumanni, ʔumnan	تُمَنِّي tumannī	تُمَنَّ, تُمَنِّ, تُمْنَنْ tumanna, tumanni, tumnan	تُمَنَّا tumannā	تُمَنَّا tumannā	نُمَنَّ, نُمَنِّ, نُمْنَنْ numanna, numanni, numnan	تُمْنَنَّ tumnanna	يُمْنَنَّ yumnanna

Noun

مَنّ • (mann) m

verbal noun of مَنَّ (manna) (form I)
favor, benefit, blessing, boon
gracious bestowal, gift, largess
manna
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:80:
  يَا بَنِي إِسْرَاءِيلَ قَدْ أَنْجَيْنٰكُمْ مِنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ وَوٰعَدْنٰكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلطُّورِ ٱلْأَيْمَنَ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَنَّ وَٱلسَّلْوَى
  yā banī ʔisrāʔīla qad ʔanjaynākum min ʕaduwwikum wa-wāʕadnākum jāniba ṭ-ṭūri l-ʔaymana wa-nazzalnā ʕalaykumu l-manna wa-s-salwā
  O sons of Israel, We did deliver you from your enemy and We did covenant with you on the right side of the Mount [Sinai] and We did send down unto you the manna and the quails.
- 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Book of Exodus, 16:35:
  وَأَكَلَ بَنُو إِسْرَاءِيلَ ٱلْمَنَّ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً حَتَّى جَاءُوا إِلَى أَرْضٍ عَامِرَةٍ.
  wa-ʔakala banū ʔisrāʔīla l-manna ʔarbaʕīna sanatan ḥattā jāʔū ʔilā ʔarḍin ʕāmiratin.
  And the sons of Israel have eaten the manna [for] forty years, until their coming to the land to be inhabited.
(countable) a sweet liquid substance such as honey, nectar, or manna; honeydew

Declension

Declension of noun **مَنّ** (mann)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَنّ mann	الْمَنّ al-mann	مَنّ mann
nominative	مَنٌّ mannun	الْمَنُّ al-mannu	مَنُّ mannu
accusative	مَنًّا mannan	الْمَنَّ al-manna	مَنَّ manna
genitive	مَنٍّ mannin	الْمَنِّ al-manni	مَنِّ manni

Noun

مَنّ • (mann) m (collective, singulative مَنَّة f (manna))

aphid

Declension

Declension of noun **مَنّ** (mann)
collective	basic collective triptote
collective	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَنّ mann	الْمَنّ al-mann	مَنّ mann
nominative	مَنٌّ mannun	الْمَنُّ al-mannu	مَنُّ mannu
accusative	مَنًّا mannan	الْمَنَّ al-manna	مَنَّ manna
genitive	مَنٍّ mannin	الْمَنِّ al-manni	مَنِّ manni
singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
singulative	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَنَّة manna	الْمَنَّة al-manna	مَنَّة mannat
nominative	مَنَّةٌ mannatun	الْمَنَّةُ al-mannatu	مَنَّةُ mannatu
accusative	مَنَّةً mannatan	الْمَنَّةَ al-mannata	مَنَّةَ mannata
genitive	مَنَّةٍ mannatin	الْمَنَّةِ al-mannati	مَنَّةِ mannati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَنَّتَيْن mannatayn	الْمَنَّتَيْن al-mannatayn	مَنَّتَيْ mannatay
nominative	مَنَّتَانِ mannatāni	الْمَنَّتَانِ al-mannatāni	مَنَّتَا mannatā
accusative	مَنَّتَيْنِ mannatayni	الْمَنَّتَيْنِ al-mannatayni	مَنَّتَيْ mannatay
genitive	مَنَّتَيْنِ mannatayni	الْمَنَّتَيْنِ al-mannatayni	مَنَّتَيْ mannatay
paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
paucal (3-10)	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَنَّات mannāt	الْمَنَّات al-mannāt	مَنَّات mannāt
nominative	مَنَّاتٌ mannātun	الْمَنَّاتُ al-mannātu	مَنَّاتُ mannātu
accusative	مَنَّاتٍ mannātin	الْمَنَّاتِ al-mannāti	مَنَّاتِ mannāti
genitive	مَنَّاتٍ mannātin	الْمَنَّاتِ al-mannāti	مَنَّاتِ mannāti

Derived terms

أَسَد الْمَنِّ (ʔasad al-manni)
مَنّ أَيْفِي (mann ʔayfī)

References

Ahrens, Karl (1930), “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 84, page 25
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880), De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[2] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, →DOI, page 21
Jeffery, Arthur (1938), The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 271–272

Etymology 4

From Aramaic מָנָא (mānā), from Akkadian 𒈠𒉡𒌑 (manû), whence also Sumerian 𒈠𒈾 (ma-na /⁠mana⁠/) and Hebrew מָנֶה (mānḗ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mann/

Noun

مَنّ • (mann) m (plural أَمْنَان (ʔamnān))

a historical unit of mass – translatable as mina or maund – varying usually between ca. 1–3 kilograms, however in some cases also going up over 40 kilograms.

Declension

Declension of noun **مَنّ** (mann)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَنّ mann	الْمَنّ al-mann	مَنّ mann
nominative	مَنٌّ mannun	الْمَنُّ al-mannu	مَنُّ mannu
accusative	مَنًّا mannan	الْمَنَّ al-manna	مَنَّ manna
genitive	مَنٍّ mannin	الْمَنِّ al-manni	مَنِّ manni
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَنَّيْن mannayn	الْمَنَّيْن al-mannayn	مَنَّيْ mannay
nominative	مَنَّانِ mannāni	الْمَنَّانِ al-mannāni	مَنَّا mannā
accusative	مَنَّيْنِ mannayni	الْمَنَّيْنِ al-mannayni	مَنَّيْ mannay
genitive	مَنَّيْنِ mannayni	الْمَنَّيْنِ al-mannayni	مَنَّيْ mannay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَمْنَان ʔamnān	الْأَمْنَان al-ʔamnān	أَمْنَان ʔamnān
nominative	أَمْنَانٌ ʔamnānun	الْأَمْنَانُ al-ʔamnānu	أَمْنَانُ ʔamnānu
accusative	أَمْنَانًا ʔamnānan	الْأَمْنَانَ al-ʔamnāna	أَمْنَانَ ʔamnāna
genitive	أَمْنَانٍ ʔamnānin	الْأَمْنَانِ al-ʔamnāni	أَمْنَانِ ʔamnāni

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886), Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 203
Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974), The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19)‎^[3], Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 69
Zimmern, Heinrich (1915), Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 20
Mann (Einheit) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Azerbaijani

Pronoun

من

Arabic spelling of mən (“I”)

Declension

Declension of من

	singular	plural
nominative	من	منلر
definite accusative	منی	منلری
dative	منه	منلره
locative	منده	منلرده
ablative	مندن	منلردن
definite genitive	منین	منلرین

Baluchi

Pronoun

من • (man)

first-person singular subjective personal pronoun: I

Case	Personal
	1st person			2nd person
	sg.	Plural Inclusive	Plural Default	sg.	sg. & pl.
Direct/Oblique	من	ماشما	ما	تئو	شما
Object	منا	ماشمارا	مارا	ترا	شمارا
Genitive	منی	مئےشمے	مئے	تئیی	شمئے

References

Jahani, C. 2019. A Grammar of Modern Standard Balochi. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Studia Iranica Upsaliensia 36. 292 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 978-91-513-0820-3.

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian (man).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɪn/

Pronoun

Northern Kurdish	ez
Southern Kurdish	م (mi)

من (min)

I
me
my, mine

Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).

Pronoun

من • (mn /män/)

I

Declension

Chagatai personal pronouns
	singular				plural
	1st person	2nd person		3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
	1st person	familiar	polite	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
nominative	من (män)	سن (sän)	سیز (siz)	اول (ul) او (u)	بیز (biz)	سیزلار (sizlär)	اولار (ular) الار (alar)
genitive	منینگ (mäning)	سنینگ (säning)	سیزنینگ (sizning)	اونینگ (unıng) انینگ (anıng)	بیزنينک (bizning)	سیزلارنینگ (sizlärning)	اولارنینگ (ularnıng)
dative	منگا (maña) مانگا (maña)	سنگا (saña) سانگا (saña)	سیزگه (sizgä)	اولارغه انگا (ularġa aña)	بیزگا (bizgä)	سیزلارگا (sizlärgä)	اولارغه (ularġa)
accusative	منی (mäni)	سنی (säni)	سیزنی (sizni)	انی (anı)	بیزنی (bizni)	سیزلارنی (sizlärni)	اولارنی (ularnı)
locative	منده (mändä)	سنده (sändä)	سیزده (sizdä)	اونینگده (unıngda) اندا (anda) انینگده (anıngda)	بیزده (bizdä)	سیزلارده (sizlärdä)	اولارده (ularda)
ablative	مندین (mändin)	سندین (sändin)	سیزدین (sizdin)	اونینگدین (unıngdın) اندین (andın) انینگدین (anıngdın)	بیزدین (bizdin)	سیزلاردین (sizlärdin)	اولاردین (ulardın)

Descendants

Uyghur: مەن (men)
Uzbek: men

Karakhanid

Alternative forms

بَنْ (ben) (Oghuz language)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”). Cognate with Turkish ben (“I”), Turkish -im (“first person singular suffix”).

Pronoun

من (men)

I

Postposition

من (men)

Denotes "to be" for first person singular when at the end of an object; am.
Denotes first person singular after various tenses.

Usage notes

It can be said that the word acts as a suffix.

Khalaj

Pronoun

مَن (mən) (definite accusative مه‌نۆ, plural بیز)

Arabic spelling of mən (“I”)

Khorasani Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mæn/

Pronoun

من (män)

I

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic مِن (min, “from, of, than”). Possibly conflated with Arabic مُنْذُ (munḏu, “since, for”) in some senses.

Preposition

من • (min, mni-)

than
from, of
تعبت من الحكي ― tʕibt mnil-ḥaki ― I’m tired of talking.
ago
شفتك من كم يوم ― šiftak min kam yōm ― I saw you a few days ago.
since
من إيام المدرسة مش حاكيين
min ʔiyyām l-madrase miš ḥākyīn
We haven't spoken since [our] school days.
(regional, Mount Lebanon, Matn) at (a certain time)
(Can we find and add a quotation of Fleisch 1974 to this entry?)

Usage notes

The underlying form is min, but the pronunciation is determined by the phonotactical environment. The medial -i- will usually be deleted following vowels (including epenthetic linking vowels as in the example above).
In most dialects, suffixes are attached to the stem minn-, for example منك (minnak, “from you”). The third-person singular feminine merges with the first-person plural as منا (minna, “from her; from us”). (This is excepting alternative pronunciations such as منها (minha, “from her”) and مننا (min(n)ina, “from us”).)

Conjunction

من • (min)

since ... was/were; followed by a personal pronoun + و and introduces a now-untrue past state
من أنا وصغير ― min ana w-ẓḡīr ― ever since I was little

من نحنا وبالمدرسة مش حاكيين
min niḥna w bil-madrase miš ḥākyīn
We haven't spoken since we were in school.

Etymology 2

Particle

مِن • (min)

(regional, Mount Lebanon, Keserwan, perhaps dated) alternative form of عَم (ʕam, progressive marker)

Etymology 3

From Arabic مَا إنَّ (mā ʔinna).

Adverb

من • (mann)

(false verb) not to be (always followed by a personal suffix)
المحل منو مفتوح ― l-maḥall manno maftūḥ ― The shop isn’t open.

Synonyms

مش (miš)
مان (mān) (regional)

Old Anatolian Turkish

Pronoun

مَنْ • (män)

(Azerbaijan, East Anatolia) alternative form of بَنْ (ben, “I”)

Descendants

Azerbaijani: mən
Ottoman Turkish: (dialectal) من (men)

Ottoman Turkish

Pronoun

من • (men)

alternative form of بن (ben, “I”)

Pashto

Noun

من • (man) m

maund (unit of mass)

Persian


Iranian Persian	من
Dari	من
Tajik	ман

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐫖𐫗 (man, “me (early), I (later)”) from Old Persian 𐎶𐎴𐎠 (m-n-a /⁠manā⁠/, gen.sg. of 𐎠𐎭𐎶 (a-d-m)), from the gen.sg. of Proto-Indo-Iranian *aȷ́ʰám. Cognate with Sanskrit मा (mā, “me”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬥𐬀 (mana, “me”), Ancient Greek ἐμέ (emé, “accusative of "ἐγώ"”), and Latin me (“accusative of "ego"”).

Alternative forms

مو (mo), مه (ma) (dialectal)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈman/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [män]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [män]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [män]

Readings
Classical reading^?	man
Dari reading^?	man
Iranian reading^?	man
Tajik reading^?	man

Audio (Iran): (file)

Pronoun

مَن • (man)

I
Synonyms: (dated) بنده (bande), اینجانب (injâneb)

― man raftam. ― I went.

― u man râ did. ― He saw me.
(generally with following ) me
Synonyms: (dated) بنده (bande), اینجانب (injâneb)
(at the end of a Genitive ezafe) my

Usage notes

When acting as the grammatical object, the form (man râ) is used. Which can be contracted into (marâ).
(colloquial, Iran) when acting as the grammatical object it is commonly contracted with (râ) into (mano).

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian, from Akkadian 𒈠𒉡𒌑 (manû).

Noun

مَن • (man)

maund (unit of mass)

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit मनस् (mánas), from Proto-Indo-European *ménos (“mind”), from *men- (“to think”).

Noun

مَن • (man) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਨ)

Declension

Declension of من
	singular	plural
direct	مَن (man)	مَن (man)
oblique	مَن (man)	مَناں (manāṉ)
vocative	مَنا (manā)	مَنو (mano)
ablative	مَنوں (manoṉ)	مَناں (manāṉ)
locative	مَنے (mane)	مَنِیں (manīṉ)
instrumental	مَنوں (manoṉ)	–

Etymology 2

Verb

مَنّ • (mann)

inflection of مَنّݨا (mannṇā):
1. stem
2. second-person singular familiar imperative

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِن (min, “from, of, than”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /min/, [mɪn]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Preposition

من • (min)

from, of
Antonyms: لـ (la-), على (ʕala)
(time) since, for
Antonyms: لـ (la-), حتى (ḥatta), لحد (la-ḥadd)
than (with comparatives)
such as, for example

Inflection

Inflection of من

base form			من (min)
Personal-pronoun including forms
	singular		plural
	m	f	plural
1^st person	منّي (minni)		منّا (minna)
2^nd person	منّك (minnak)	منّك (minnek)	منكم (minkom)
3^rd person	منّه (minno)	منها (minha)	منهم (minhom)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (man), ultimately from Akkadian 𒈠𒈾 (manûm).

Noun

من • (man) m (Hindi spelling मन)

maund (unit of mass)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu من (man).

Noun

من (man)

maund (unit of mass)
50 kilos

	singular			plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
nominative	مَن	سَن	اوْ	بیز	سیز	اوُللار
genitive	مَنۆم	سَنۆݧ	اوُنؽݧ	سیزۆم	سیزۆݧ	اوُللارؽݧ
dative	مَݧه	سَݧه	اوُݧا	بیزکه	سیزکه	اوُللارقا
accusative	مه‌نۆ	سه‌‌نۆ	اوُنؽ	بیزۆ	سیزۆ	اوُللارؽ
locative	مه‌ندیچه	سه‌ندیچه	اوُندؽچا	بیزدییچه	سیزدیچه	اوُللارچا
ablative	مه‌نده	سه‌نده	اوُندا	بیزده	سیزده	اوُللاردا
instrumental	مه‌ندیله	سه‌ندیله	اوُندؽلا	بیزدیله	سیزدیله	اوُللَرلا
equative	مه‌ندیوارا	سه‌ندیوارا	اوُندؽوارا	بیزدیوارا	سیزدیوارا	اوُللاروارا

			singular		plural
			nominative	accusative⁵	nominative	accusative⁵
1st person	general		من (man)	مرا (marā)	ما (mā)	—
1st person	informal¹		مه (ma)	مره (mara)	ما (mā)	ماره (māra)

2nd person	familiar		تو (tū, tō)²	ترا (turā)	شما (šumā)	—
	formal		شما (šumā)	—	شما (šumā)	—
	informal¹		—	تره (tura)	شمایا (šumāyā)	شمایاره (šumāyāra)

3rd person, proximal	general		او (ō) آن (ān)	—	آنان (ānān)⁴ آن‌ها (ān‑hā)⁴	—
	formal		وی (way)³ ایشان (ēšān)	—	ایشان (ēšān)	—
	informal	normal¹	او (ū)	اوره (ūra)	اونا (ūnā)	ایناره (ūnāra)
		emphatic I¹	اونو (ūnū)	اونوره (ūnūra)	وا (wā)	واره (wāra)
		emphatic II¹	اونمو (ūnamū)	اونموره (ūnamūra)	اونموا (ūnamwā)	اونمواره (ūnamwāra)

3rd person, distal	general		این (īn)	—	اینان (īnān) این‌ها (īn‑hā)	—
	informal	normal¹	ای (ī)	ایره (īra)	اینا (īnā)	ایناره (īnāra)
		emphatic I¹	اینی (īnī)	اینیره (īnīra)	یا (yā)	یاره (yāra)
		emphatic II¹	اینمی (īnamī)	اینمیره (īnamīra)	اینمیا (īnamyā)	اینمیاره (īnamyāra)

Sorani personal pronouns
	singular	plural
1st person	من (min)	ئێمە (ême)
2nd person	تۆ (to)	ئێوە (êwe)
3rd person	ئەو (ew)	ئەوان (ewan)

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Preposition

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

Conjugation

Noun

Declension

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

References

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

Further reading

Azerbaijani

Pronoun

Declension

Baluchi

Pronoun

References

Central Kurdish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Pronoun

See also

Chagatai

Etymology

Pronoun

Declension

Descendants

Karakhanid

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronoun

Postposition

Usage notes

Khalaj

Pronoun

See also

Khorasani Turkish

Pronunciation

Pronoun

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

Preposition

Usage notes

Conjunction

Etymology 2

Particle

Etymology 3

Adverb

Synonyms

Old Anatolian Turkish

Pronoun

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Pronoun

Pashto

Noun

Persian

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

Usage notes

See also

Etymology 2