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maññi

aor 3rd sg of maññi (verb); aor 2nd sg of maññi (verb)

1. became proud (because of); became conceited (on account of); thought highly of oneself (because of)
2. thought; imagined; presumed; supposed

Built from

• man — root · think; suppose
  Core sense of mental judgment and opinion. Cognate with Latin mens (mind), English mind, Sanskrit manyate (thinks).
• ñ — ending · aorist marker
  The ñ marks the aorist tense in Pali, indicating a simple past action without ongoing duration.
• i — ending · 3rd/2nd singular
  Pali aorist personal ending that serves both 3rd singular active and 2nd singular active, disambiguated by context.

Etymology. √man (think, suppose), related to Sanskrit √man (manyate) and English mind, Latin mens. The root carries the sense of mental activity and judgment from Proto-Indo-European *men- (think, remember).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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