منشأ

Arabic

Root
ن ش ء (n-š-ʔ)

Etymology

Noun of place of the verb نَشَأَ (našaʔa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.ʃaʔ/

Noun

مَنْشَأ • (manšaʔ) m (plural مَنَاشِئ (manāšiʔ))

1. place of origin, homeland

Declension

Declension of noun مَنْشَأ (manšaʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنْشَأ manšaʔ	الْمَنْشَأ al-manšaʔ	مَنْشَأ manšaʔ
Nominative	مَنْشَأٌ manšaʔun	الْمَنْشَأُ al-manšaʔu	مَنْشَأُ manšaʔu
Accusative	مَنْشَأً manšaʔan	الْمَنْشَأَ al-manšaʔa	مَنْشَأَ manšaʔa
Genitive	مَنْشَإٍ manšaʔin	الْمَنْشَإِ al-manšaʔi	مَنْشَإِ manšaʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنْشَأَيْن manšaʔayn	الْمَنْشَأَيْن al-manšaʔayn	مَنْشَأَيْ manšaʔay
Nominative	مَنْشَآنِ manšaʔāni	الْمَنْشَآنِ al-manšaʔāni	مَنْشَآ manšaʔā
Accusative	مَنْشَأَيْنِ manšaʔayni	الْمَنْشَأَيْنِ al-manšaʔayni	مَنْشَأَيْ manšaʔay
Genitive	مَنْشَأَيْنِ manšaʔayni	الْمَنْشَأَيْنِ al-manšaʔayni	مَنْشَأَيْ manšaʔay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَنَاشِئ manāšiʔ	الْمَنَاشِئ al-manāšiʔ	مَنَاشِئ manāšiʔ
Nominative	مَنَاشِئُ manāšiʔu	الْمَنَاشِئُ al-manāšiʔu	مَنَاشِئُ manāšiʔu
Accusative	مَنَاشِئَ manāšiʔa	الْمَنَاشِئَ al-manāšiʔa	مَنَاشِئَ manāšiʔa
Genitive	مَنَاشِئَ manāšiʔa	الْمَنَاشِئِ al-manāšiʔi	مَنَاشِئِ manāšiʔi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mənşə
• → Ottoman Turkish: منشأ‎
  • → Turkish: menşe
• → Uzbek: mansha

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْشَأ (manšaʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [man.ˈʃaʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [män.ʃǽʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [män.ʃǽʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [män.ʃǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [män.ʃǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæn.ʃǽʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [män.ʃǽʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	manša'
Dari reading?	manša'
Iranian reading?	manša'
Tajik reading?	manšaʾ

Noun

منشأ • (manša')

1. origin, source

   Synonyms: منبع (mamba'), سرچشمه (sarčešme)

   منشأ این کلمه ― manša'-e in kalame ― origin of this word

   مهم‌ترین منشأ گناه

   mohemm-tarin manša'-e gonâh

   most important source of sinning

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “منشأ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press