Aramaic

Preposition

מִן • ‎(min)

1. from

Descendants

• Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭭 ‎(az [MN])

Conjunction

מִן • ‎(min)

1. since, after
2. because

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic مَن ‎(man, “who”).

Alternative forms

• מַאן ‎(man)

Pronoun

מַן • ‎(man)

1. who (interrogative)

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Preposition

מִן • ‎(min)

1. From, of: alternative form of מִ־ ‎(mi-)

Usage notes

• In current usage, מִן is restricted to formal contexts (מִ־ ‎(mi-) being used otherwise), and even in formal contexts it is not used with a semantically indefinite object.

Inflection

• מִן shares its inflected forms with מִ־ ‎(mi-).

Etymology 2

Noun

מָן • ‎(man) m ‎(no plural forms)

1. manna

Judeo-Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic مِنْ ‎(min).

Preposition

מן ‎(min)

1. from, of
   • Exodus 1:7 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)

     ובנו אסראיל אתׄמרו וסעו וכתׄרו ועטׄמו גׄדא גׄדא ואמתלי דׄלך אלבלד מנהם׃‎

     wabanū ʾisrāʾīla ʾaṯmarū wasaʿaw wakaṯurū waʿaẓamū jiddan jiddan wamtalā ḏālika l-balad minhum.

     And the sons of Israel were fruitful, and strove, and were numerous, and were very, very mighty, and the country was full of them.

Etymology 2

From Arabic مَنْ ‎(man).

Pronoun

מן ‎(man)

1. who
   • Exodus 1:8 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)

     וקאם מלך גׄדיד עלי מצר מן לם ישאהד יוסף׃‎

     waqāma malikun jadīdun ʿalā miṣra man lam yušāhid yūsufa.

     And a new king arose over Egypt who had not witnessed Joseph.

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew מָן ‎(man).

Noun

מן • ‎(man) m

1. manna