-ମାନେ
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Odia
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle Odia -ମାନ (-māna), -ମାଣ (-māṇa), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀯 (māṇava, “man”), from Sanskrit मानव (mānava); adopting the word for “man” as a plural affix.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ମାନେ (-mane)
- plural marker of nouns
See also
[edit]- -ଏ (-e)
References
[edit]- ^ Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, pages 97, 525