Bow to in Hindi — Meaning of मानना (manana)

📖 Meaning of “bow to”

The meaning of “bow to” in Hindi is मानना, pronounced manana — it is a verb. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.

📘 Definition of bow to

To subserviently adhere to (a tradition, etc.).

✍️ Bow to in a sentence

He declined at first, but when his hosts insisted, he bowed to local custom and played his part in the ritual.

मान लो कि उसको पता चला, तो क्या करोगे?

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

Hindi verb set
मानना (mānnā)
मनाना (manānā)
मनवाना (manvānā)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétor
Proto-Indo-Iranian *mányatay
Proto-Indo-Aryan *mányatay
Sanskrit मन्यते (manyate)
Prakrit 𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀇 (maṇṇaï)
Hindi मानना
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit मण्णदि (maṇṇadi), from Sanskrit मन्यते (mányate), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mányatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mányatay, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yo-, from *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Punjabi ਮੰਨਣਾ (mannṇā) / مَنّنا (mannnā), Sindhi مَڃَڻُ (mañaṇu) / मञणु,
Gujarati માનવું (mānvũ), Marathi मानणे (mānṇe), Bengali মানা (mana), Assamese মনা (mona) / মানা (mana).

Quick facts about “bow to”

Everything we know about this word at a glance.

Word (English)

Bow to

Meaning in Hindi

मानना

Pronunciation

manana

Part of speech

Verb

Category

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Word Origin (Etymology)

Hindi verb set
मानना (mānnā)
मनाना (manānā)
मनवाना (manvānā)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yétor
Proto-Indo-Iranian *mányatay
Proto-Indo-Aryan *mányatay
Sanskrit मन्यते (manyate)
Prakrit 𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀇 (maṇṇaï)
Hindi मानना
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit मण्णदि (maṇṇadi), from Sanskrit मन्यते (mányate), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mányatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mányatay, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥yo-, from *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Punjabi ਮੰਨਣਾ (mannṇā) / مَنّنا (mannnā), Sindhi مَڃَڻُ (mañaṇu) / मञणु,
Gujarati માનવું (mānvũ), Marathi मानणे (mānṇe), Bengali মানা (mana), Assamese মনা (mona) / মানা (mana).

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Hindi meaning of "bow to" is मानना (manana).

In Devanagari script it is written as मानना.

It is pronounced "manana". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.

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