من

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Preposition

مِنْ • (min)

1. having partitive effect: of, some of, parts of, one of

   أَكَلْتُ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ. ― ʔakaltu 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?

2. 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

3. containing, including

   كُوبٌ مِنَ ٱلْقَهْوَةِ ― kūbun mina l-qahwati ― a cup of coffee

4. pertaining to
5. to wit
6. from, away from, out of
7. (time) at, on
8. in relation to, with respect to
9. due to, owing to

   مَاتَ مِنَ ٱلْعَطَشِ ― māta mina l-ʕaṭaši ― He died of thirst.

10. (used to construe certain verbs)

    تَمَكَّنُوا مِنْهُ ― tamakkanū minhu ― They took power over him.

11. 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.

12. than (with comparatives)

    مَالِي أَكْثَرُ مِنْ مَالِكَ / أَنَا أَكْثَرُ مِنْكَ مَالاً

    mālī ʔakṯaru min mālika / ʔanā ʔakṯaru minka mālan

    I have more money than you.

13. (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		m	f
1st person	مِنِّي (minnī)		مِنَّا (minnā)
2nd person	مِنْكَ (minka)	مِنْكِ (minki)	مِنْكُمَا (minkumā)	مِنْكُمْ (minkum)	مِنْكُنَّ (minkunna)
3rd 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

1. (interrogative) who?
2. (interrogative) which?, which one?
3. (relative) who, the one who, he who, those who, everyone who
4. (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))

1. to be kind, kindly, benign, gracious, benevolent (عَلَى (ʕalā))
2. 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?]

3. (obsolete) to cut off, to curtail
4. (obsolete) to jade, to tire
5. (obsolete) to decrease, to diminish, to reduce
6. 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
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مَنَنْتُ manantu	مَنَنْتَ mananta	مَنَّ manna		مَنَنْتُمَا manantumā	مَنَّا mannā		مَنَنَّا manannā	مَنَنْتُمْ manantum	مَنُّوا mannū
	f		مَنَنْتِ mananti	مَنَّتْ mannat			مَنَّتَا mannatā			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
	f		تَمُنِّينَ tamunnīna	تَمُنُّ tamunnu			تَمُنَّانِ tamunnāni			تَمْنُنَّ tamnunna	يَمْنُنَّ yamnunna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَمُنَّ ʔamunna	تَمُنَّ tamunna	يَمُنَّ yamunna		تَمُنَّا tamunnā	يَمُنَّا yamunnā		نَمُنَّ namunna	تَمُنُّوا tamunnū	يَمُنُّوا yamunnū
	f		تَمُنِّي tamunnī	تَمُنَّ tamunna			تَمُنَّا tamunnā			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
	f		تَمُنِّي tamunnī	تَمُنَّ, تَمُنِّ, تَمْنُنْ tamunna, tamunni, tamnun			تَمُنَّا tamunnā			تَمْنُنَّ tamnunna	يَمْنُنَّ yamnunna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		مُنَّ, مُنِّ, اُمْنُنْ munna, munni, umnun			مُنَّا munnā				مُنُّوا munnū
	f		مُنِّي munnī							اُمْنُنَّ umnunna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مُنِنْتُ munintu	مُنِنْتَ muninta	مُنَّ munna		مُنِنْتُمَا munintumā	مُنَّا munnā		مُنِنَّا muninnā	مُنِنْتُمْ munintum	مُنُّوا munnū
	f		مُنِنْتِ muninti	مُنَّتْ munnat			مُنَّتَا munnatā			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
	f		تُمَنِّينَ tumannīna	تُمَنُّ tumannu			تُمَنَّانِ tumannāni			تُمْنَنَّ tumnanna	يُمْنَنَّ yumnanna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُمَنَّ ʔumanna	تُمَنَّ tumanna	يُمَنَّ yumanna		تُمَنَّا tumannā	يُمَنَّا yumannā		نُمَنَّ numanna	تُمَنُّوا tumannū	يُمَنُّوا yumannū
	f		تُمَنِّي tumannī	تُمَنَّ tumanna			تُمَنَّا tumannā			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
	f		تُمَنِّي tumannī	تُمَنَّ, تُمَنِّ, تُمْنَنْ tumanna, tumanni, tumnan			تُمَنَّا tumannā			تُمْنَنَّ tumnanna	يُمْنَنَّ yumnanna

Noun

مَنّ • (mann) m

1. verbal noun of مَنَّ (manna) (form I)
2. favor, benefit, blessing, boon
3. gracious bestowal, gift, largess
4. 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.

5. (countable) a sweet liquid substance such as honey, nectar, or manna; honeydew

Declension

Declension of noun مَنّ (mann)

singular	basic singular triptote
	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))

1. aphid

Declension

Declension of noun مَنّ (mann)

collective	basic collective triptote
	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)
	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
	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))

1. 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
	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
	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

Further reading

• Freytag, Georg (1837), “من”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[4] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 211–212
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “من”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 1084–1085

Azerbaijani

Pronoun

من

1. 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)

1. 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 من (man).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

Pronoun

Northern Kurdish	ez
Southern Kurdish	م (mi)

من (min)

1. I
2. me
3. my, mine

See also

Sorani personal pronouns

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

Chagatai

Alternative forms

• مین (myn /⁠men⁠/)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ben (“I”).

Pronoun

من • (mn /män/)

1. I

Declension

Chagatai personal pronouns

	singular					plural
	1st person	2nd person		3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
		familiar	polite
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

References

• Shaw, Robert Barkley (1880), “من”, in “Turki-English vocabulary” (chapter 2), in A Sketch of the Turki Language as Spoken in Eastern Turkistan (Káshgar and Yarkand)‎^[5], Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, page 182
• Schluessel, Eric (2018), “من”, in An Introduction to Chaghatay: A Graded Textbook for Reading Central Asian Sources‎^[6], Michigan Publishing, page 241
• Vámbery, Ármin (1867), “مین”, in Ćagataische sprachstudien‎^[7] (in German), Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, page 340
• Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870), “مین”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎^[8] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 506
• el-Buhari, Süleyman Özbeki (1881), “مین”, in لغت چغتای و ترکی عثمانی [Ottoman Turkish-Chagatai Dictionary]‎^[9] (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 1, page 281

Faifi

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *min. Compare Arabic مِنْ (min), Razihi من (min), Safaitic 𐪃𐪌 (min).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/, [mɪn]

Preposition

مِنْ (min)

1. from

   مِنْ مَدَرِنْ ― min madarin ― from Madarin

References

• Saleem Mohammed Alfaife, A Grammar of Faifi (2018)
• Essa Alfaifi, Upper Faifi as an Endangered Arabic Variety: A Philological, Descriptive, and Acoustic Study (2025)

Gilaki

Etymology

From the genitive singular of Proto-Indo-Iranian *aȷ́ʰám. Cognate with Persian من.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mən/

Pronoun

من (mən)

1. I

See also

Gilaki personal pronouns

		singular		plural
		1st person	2nd person	1st person	2nd person
nominative		من (mən)	تۊ (tu)	أمأ (amá)	شۊمأ (šumá)
accusative-dative		مرأ (mə́ra), مأرأ (mára)	ترأ (tə́ra), تأرأ (tára)	أمأرأ (amára)	شۊمأرأ (šumára)
genitive		می (mi)	تی (ti)	أمئ (amé), أمی (amí)	شیمئ (šimé), شیمی (šimí)

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)

1. I

Postposition

من (men)

1. Denotes "to be" for first person singular when at the end of an object; am.
2. 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)

1. Arabic spelling of mən (“I”)

See also

Declension of Khalaj personal pronouns

	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

Khorasani Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæn/

Pronoun

من (män)

1. 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-)

1. than
2. from, of

   تعبت من الحكي ― tʕibt mnil-ḥaki ― I’m tired of talking.

3. ago

   شفتك من كم يوم ― šiftak min kam yōm ― I saw you a few days ago.

4. since

   من إيام المدرسة مش حاكيين

   min ʔiyyām l-madrase miš ḥākyīn

   We haven't spoken since [our] school days.

5. (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)

1. 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)

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

Etymology 3

From Arabic مَا إنَّ (mā ʔinna).

Adverb

من • (mann)

1. (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)

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

Descendants

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

Ottoman Turkish

Pronoun

من • (men)

1. alternative form of بن (ben, “I”)

Pashto

Noun

من • (man) m

1. maund (unit of mass)

Persian

Dari	من
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ман

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm

Proto-Indo-Iranian *aȷ́Hám

Proto-Indo-Iranian *aȷ́ʰám

Proto-Iranian *ajám

Old Persian 𐎶𐎴𐎠 (m-n-a /⁠manā⁠/)

Middle Persian 𐫖𐫗 (man)

Persian من

Inherited 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 Proto-Iranian *ajám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *aȷ́ʰám, from earlier *aȷ́Hám, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵh₂óm.

Alternative forms

• مو (mo), مه (ma) (dialectal)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈman/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [män]

• (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):

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Pronoun

مَن • (man)

1. I

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

   من رفتم. ― man raftam. ― I went.

   او من را دید. ― u man râ did. ― He saw me.

2. (generally with following را) me

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

3. (at the end of a Genitive ezafe) my

Usage notes

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

See also

Persian personal pronouns (Iranian Persian)

		singular	plural
1st person		مَن (man)	ما (mâ)
2nd person	familiar	تو (to)	شُما (šomâ)
	polite	شُما (šomâ)
3rd person	general	او (u) اون (on)*	آن‌ها (ân-hâ), آنان (ânân) اونا (onâ)*
	formal	وِی (vey)	ایشان (išân)
	polite	ایشان (išân)

* colloquial pronunciations

Persian personal pronouns (Classical and Dari)

			singular		plural
			nominative	accusative5	nominative	accusative5
1st person	general		من (man)	مرا (marā)	ما (mā)	—
	informal1		مه (ma)	مره (mara)		ماره (māra)
2nd person	familiar		تو (tū, tō)2	ترا (turā)	شما (šumā)	—
	formal		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)

¹ Only applies to Dari.
² Only applies to Classical Persian.
³ Not formal in Tajik.
⁴ The plural forms آن‌ها and آنان are typically interchangeable.
⁵ All accusative pronouns can be created with the nominative + را; only unique forms are included.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Akkadian 𒈠𒉡𒌑 (manû)bor.

Middle Persian

Persian من

Inherited from Middle Persian, borrowed from Akkadian 𒈠𒉡𒌑 (manû).

Noun

مَن • (man)

1. 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)

1. (literally) mind, intellect
2. desire; wish
3. intention

Declension

Declension of من

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

Etymology 2

Verb

مَنّ • (mann) (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੰਨ)

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

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “من”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “من”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Razihi

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *min. Compare Arabic مِنْ (min), Faifi مِنْ, Safaitic 𐪃𐪌 (min).

Preposition

من (min)

1. from

   من رازح ― mir-rāziḥ ― from Razih

References

• J.C.E. Watson et al., Two texts from Jabal Rāzih (2006)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/, [mɪn]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Preposition

من • (min)

1. from, of

   Antonyms: لـ (la-), على (ʕala)

2. (time) since, for

   Antonyms: لـ (la-), حتى (ḥatta), لحد (la-ḥadd)

3. than (with comparatives)
4. such as, for example

Inflection

Inflection of من

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

See also

• ممّا (mimma, “than”, conjunction)

Urdu

Etymology

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

Noun

من • (man) m (Hindi spelling मन)

1. maund (unit of mass)

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu من (man).

Noun

من (man)

1. maund (unit of mass)
2. 50 kilos