Word history

Monier-Williams (1899) records māṇikya with the sense “ruby”. Māṇikya is the Sanskrit jewel word cited for the Gujarati form Manek. Monier-Williams gives the specific sense ruby, rather than treating every precious stone as identical. The forms માણેક and माणेक record the regional word. The English gloss is a translation of that jewel term, not a statement about material possessions. The two written forms retain the long second vowel.

Sources: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword māṇikya, page 806, column 2, entry L162115

Literal dictionary sense

māṇikya: Ruby.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword māṇikya, page 806, column 2, entry L162115

Native-script forms

माणेक · Devanagariમાણેક · Gujarati

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