"Manu" meaning in English

See Manu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit मनु (manu, “man, mankind”). Doublet of man. Etymology templates: {{translit|en|sa|मनु|t=man, mankind}} Transliteration of Sanskrit मनु (manu, “man, mankind”), {{doublet|en|man}} Doublet of man Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Manu
  1. (Hinduism) A title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saves mankind from the universal flood. Tags: Hinduism Categories (topical): Hinduism
    Sense id: en-Manu-en-name-NuiVACEr
  2. (theosophy) The progenitor of the Aryan root race, who are said to have originated in Atlantis.
    Sense id: en-Manu-en-name-Ur~oUf8X
  3. A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Manu-en-name-e671RxFJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 13 45 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 9 7 39 14 15 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 9 35 13 13 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Abbreviation of Emmanuel. Etymology templates: {{abbr of|en|Emmanuel}} Abbreviation of Emmanuel. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Manu
  1. A male given name. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Manu-en-name-yDfLNrGi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "मनु",
        "t": "man, mankind"
      },
      "expansion": "Transliteration of Sanskrit मनु (manu, “man, mankind”)",
      "name": "translit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "man"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of man",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Transliteration of Sanskrit मनु (manu, “man, mankind”). Doublet of man.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Manu",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Hinduism",
          "orig": "en:Hinduism",
          "parents": [
            "India",
            "Religion",
            "Asia",
            "Culture",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1988, Hermann Oldenberg, Shridhar B. Shrotri, The Religion of the Veda, page 138:",
          "text": "Agni is the one who is introduced by Manu, who is kindled by Manu; one requests him to rule at the present sacrifice, as he had done it for Manu, when he \"offered the first oblation, with kindled fire, with his (attentive) heart and soul, along with the seven priests\" to the gods (X, 63, 7).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saves mankind from the universal flood."
      ],
      "id": "en-Manu-en-name-NuiVACEr",
      "links": [
        [
          "Hinduism",
          "Hinduism"
        ],
        [
          "title",
          "title#English"
        ],
        [
          "progenitor",
          "progenitor#English"
        ],
        [
          "mankind",
          "mankind#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hinduism) A title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saves mankind from the universal flood."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hinduism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The progenitor of the Aryan root race, who are said to have originated in Atlantis."
      ],
      "id": "en-Manu-en-name-Ur~oUf8X",
      "links": [
        [
          "progenitor",
          "progenitor"
        ],
        [
          "Aryan",
          "Aryan"
        ],
        [
          "race",
          "race"
        ],
        [
          "Atlantis",
          "Atlantis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(theosophy) The progenitor of the Aryan root race, who are said to have originated in Atlantis."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English male given names",
          "parents": [
            "Male given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 13 45 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 7 39 14 15 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 9 35 13 13 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India."
      ],
      "id": "en-Manu-en-name-e671RxFJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Manu (Hinduism)"
  ],
  "word": "Manu"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Emmanuel"
      },
      "expansion": "Abbreviation of Emmanuel.",
      "name": "abbr of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation of Emmanuel.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Manu",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English male given names",
          "parents": [
            "Male given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name."
      ],
      "id": "en-Manu-en-name-yDfLNrGi",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Manu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English abbreviations",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
    "English terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "English transliterations of Sanskrit terms",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "मनु",
        "t": "man, mankind"
      },
      "expansion": "Transliteration of Sanskrit मनु (manu, “man, mankind”)",
      "name": "translit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "man"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of man",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Transliteration of Sanskrit मनु (manu, “man, mankind”). Doublet of man.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Manu",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Hinduism"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1988, Hermann Oldenberg, Shridhar B. Shrotri, The Religion of the Veda, page 138:",
          "text": "Agni is the one who is introduced by Manu, who is kindled by Manu; one requests him to rule at the present sacrifice, as he had done it for Manu, when he \"offered the first oblation, with kindled fire, with his (attentive) heart and soul, along with the seven priests\" to the gods (X, 63, 7).",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saves mankind from the universal flood."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hinduism",
          "Hinduism"
        ],
        [
          "title",
          "title#English"
        ],
        [
          "progenitor",
          "progenitor#English"
        ],
        [
          "mankind",
          "mankind#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Hinduism) A title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saves mankind from the universal flood."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hinduism"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The progenitor of the Aryan root race, who are said to have originated in Atlantis."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "progenitor",
          "progenitor"
        ],
        [
          "Aryan",
          "Aryan"
        ],
        [
          "race",
          "race"
        ],
        [
          "Atlantis",
          "Atlantis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(theosophy) The progenitor of the Aryan root race, who are said to have originated in Atlantis."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English given names",
        "English male given names",
        "English male given names from Sanskrit"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Manu (Hinduism)"
  ],
  "word": "Manu"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English abbreviations",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Emmanuel"
      },
      "expansion": "Abbreviation of Emmanuel.",
      "name": "abbr of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Abbreviation of Emmanuel.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Manu",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English given names",
        "English male given names"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Manu"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Manu meaning in English (3.1kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: theosophy",
  "path": [
    "Manu"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Manu",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: theosophy",
  "path": [
    "Manu"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Manu",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-10-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (eaa6b66 and a709d4b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.