মনিষ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• মুনিষ (muniś)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali মনুষ (monuś) with fronted second vowel, from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀦𑀼𑀱𑁆𑀱 (manuṣṣa), from Sanskrit মনুষ্য (manuṣya). Doublet of মানুষ (manuś), মিনসা (minośa), and মনুষ্য (monuśśo). Cognate with Assamese মানুস (manux), Odia ମଣିଷ (maṇisha) and Marathi माणुस (māṇus).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /moniʃ/, [ˈmoniʃ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /moniʃ/, [ˈmoniʃ]

Noun

মনিষ • (moniś)

1. farmhand, day laborer, porter

Declension

Inflection of মনিষ
nominative	মনিষ moniś
objective	মনিষকে moniś (semantically general or indefinite) / moniśke (semantically definite)
genitive	মনিষের moniśer
	Indefinite forms
nominative	মনিষ moniś
objective	মনিষকে moniś (semantically general or indefinite) / moniśke (semantically definite)
genitive	মনিষের moniśer
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	মনিষটা, মনিষটি moniśṭa (colloquial), moniśṭi (formal)		মনিষেরা moniśera
objective	মনিষটাকে, মনিষটিকে moniśṭake (colloquial), moniśṭike (formal)		মনিষদের(কে) moniśder(ke)
genitive	মনিষটার, মনিষটির moniśṭar (colloquial), moniśṭir (formal)		মনিষদের moniśder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “মনিষ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Accessible Dictionary, মনিষ, Bengali-English Dictionary, Government of Bangladesh