مني

From the roots م ن ي‎ (m-n-y) and م ن و‎ (m-n-w).

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1. conceptive fluid or discharge

   Synonym: مَاء‎ (māʔ)

   1. male ejaculation, semen; sperm
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 75:37:

        ‏أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِنْ مَنِيٍّ يُمْنَى‎

        ʔalam yaku nuṭfatan min maniyyin yumnā

        Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

   2. (obsolete) female ejaculation
      • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim:

        ‏قَالَ: «وَجِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ رَجُلٌ أَوْ رَجُلَانِ.» قَالَ: «يَنْفَعُكَ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكَ؟» قَالَ: «أَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنَيَّ.» قَالَ: «جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْوَلَدِ.» قَالَ: «مَاءُ الرَّجُلِ أَبْيَضُ، وَمَاءُ الْمَرْأَةِ أَصْفَرُ، فَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَا، فَعَلَا مَنِيُّ الرَّجُلِ مَنِيَّ الْمَرْأَةِ، أَذْكَرَا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ، وَإِذَا عَلَا مَنِيُّ الْمَرْأَةِ مَنِيَّ الرَّجُلِ، آنَثَا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ.» قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ: «لَقَدْ صَدَقْتَ، وَإِنَّكَ لَنَبِيٌّ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَذَهَبَ.»‎‎

        [Then] he [the Jew] said, "I also came to ask you about something no one on earth would know but a Prophet or one or two [other] men." [So] he [the Prophet] said, "Would it benefit you if I answered?" [So] he [the Jew] said, "I shall hear [it] with my [own] ears. I came to ask you about [one's] offspring." [So] he [the Prophet] said, "The fluid of men is white; that of women is yellow. If they combine and the fluid of the man rises above [or overpowers] the woman's, they beget a male if Allah wills it, and if the fluid of the woman rises above [or overpowers] the man's, they beget a female if Allah wills it." [So] the Jew said, "You have spoken truthfully, and you are indeed a prophet." Then he went away and left.

Much older texts usually do not lexically distinguish between male and female ejaculation. Modern texts, on the other hand, tend to reserve Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) for referring to male ejaculation. See the entry for مَاء‎ (māʔ) for more information.

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• سَائِل مَنَوِيّ‎ (sāʔil manawiyy)

• مَنَوِيّ‎ (manawiyy)

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• → Bashkir: мәней (məney)
• Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
• → Persian: منی‎ (mani)
• → Indonesian: mani
• → Maranao: mani
• → Swahili: manii
• → Turkish: meni

مِنْ‎ (min) + نِي‎ (nī).

مِنِّي or مِنِّيَ • (minnī or minniya)

1. Form of مِنْ‎ (min) including first-person singular personal pronoun as object.

مُنِّي • (munnī) (form I)

1. second-person feminine singular active imperative of مَنَّ‎ (manna)

Perhaps univerbation of من‎ (min, “from”) and هني‎ (hnī, “here”)? (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (kw) IPA^(key): /mɪnˈniː/

مِنّي • (minnī)

1. here

   Synonym: هني‎ (hnī)

   Coordinate terms: مناك‎ (minnāk), هناك‎ (hnāk)

   ‏التدخين ممنوع مني‎

   it-tadḵīn mamnūʕ minnī

   Smoking is forbidden here

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• (kw) IPA^(key): /ˈmə.ni/

مَني • (mani) m

1. (rare or euphemistic outside theology) sperm, semen

   Synonym: كتة‎ (katta)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.ni/

مِنّي • (minni)

1. first-person singular pronominal form of من‎ (min): from me

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• IPA^(key): /maˈni/

مني • (maní) m

1. semen, sperm