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

  1. A genre of folk music from the Balkans

Ancestry of “manele”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmaneleplural of manea
2Romanianmaneaa type of folk music with originally Turkish...
3Turkishmanipoem, couplet, four liner; obstacle, hindrance,...
4Ottoman Turkishمانی—
5Arabicمَعْنًى—
Every word from Arabic مَعْنًى →Every word from Ottoman Turkish مانی →Every word from Turkish mani →