Where does “manele” come from?
manele (English) comes from Romanian manele, from Romanian manea, from Turkish mani, from Ottoman Turkish مانی, from Arabic مَعْنًى.
manele (English): A genre of folk music from the Balkans
Definitions
- A genre of folk music from the Balkans
Ancestry of “manele”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | manele | plural of manea |
| 2 | Romanian | manea | a type of folk music with originally Turkish... |
| 3 | Turkish | mani | poem, couplet, four liner; obstacle, hindrance,... |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | مانی | — |
| 5 | Arabic | مَعْنًى | — |