Mani may refer to:

Geography

Maní, Casanare Maní is a town and municipality in the Department of Casanare, Colombia. References Municipalities of Casanare Department {{Casanare-geo-stub ...

, a town and municipality in Casanare Department, Colombia *

Mani, Chad Mani ( ar, ماني) is a town in Hadjer-Lamis region, western Chad, south of the Lake Chad, on the border with Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, lin ...

, a town and sub-prefecture in Chad *

Mani, Evros Mani ( el, Μάνη) is a village and a community in the municipality of Didymoteicho in the Evros regional unit, Greece. It is situated near the left bank of the river Erythropotamos, 2 km west of Karoti, 4 km northeast of Kyani and 1 ...

, a village in northeastern Greece *

Mani, Karnataka Maani is a village in India, between Mangalore and Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of ...

, a village in Dakshina Kannada district of India *

Mani, Iran Mani-ye Olya ( fa, ماني عليا, also Romanized as Mānī-ye ‘Olyā) is a village in Sarcheshmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Rafsanjan County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran ...

, a village in Kerman Province, Iran *

Mani, Nigeria Mani is a Local Government Area in Katsina State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Mani. Mani town was established more than 600 years ago while the Local Government was created in 1976 after the enactment of Local Government reforms a ...

, a town in Katsina State, Nigeria *

Mani, Tibet This is an alphabetical list of all populated places, including cities, towns and villages, in the Tibet Autonomous Region of western China. A *Alamdo *Alhar *Arza *Asog B * Baga *Bagar * Baidi *Baima *Baimai *Baixoi *Bamda *Banag *Banba ...

, a village in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China *

Maní, Yucatán Maní is a small city in Maní Municipality in the central region of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is about 100 km to the south south-east of Mérida, Yucatán, some 16 km east of Ticul. The village of T ...

, a small city in Yucatán, Mexico *

East Mani East Mani ( el, Ανατολική Μάνη - ''Anatolikí Máni'') is a municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Its seat of administration is the town Gytheio (before 2011 the small town Kotronas). The municipality covers the southeastern ...

, a municipality in the Laconia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece *

El Mani EL, El or el may refer to: Religion * El (deity), a Semitic word for "God" People * EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer * El DeBarge, music artist * El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...

, a community on the island of Puerto Rico *

Mani Peninsula The Mani Peninsula ( el, Μάνη, Mánē), also long known by its medieval name Maina or Maïna (Μαΐνη), is a geographical and cultural region in Southern Greece that is home to the Maniots (Mανιάτες, ''Maniátes'' in Greek), who cla ...

, a geographical and cultural region in Greece *

West Mani West Mani ( el, Δυτική Μάνη - ''Dytiki Mani'') is a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Kardamyli. The municipality has an area of 402.809 km2. It comprises the northw ...

, a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece

People

Mani (name) Mani or Maney ( fa, مانی) is a common proper name in the Middle East and South Asia. In Persian, Mani (مانی) means "eternity", "thinker", and "thoughtful". It is most common in Iran, Pakistan, Nepal, and India. There are also a number of ...

, ( fa, مانی), a given name and surname (including a list of people with the name) **

Mani (prophet) Mani (in Middle Persian: 𐭌𐭀𐭍𐭉/𐭬𐭠𐭭𐭩/𐮋𐮀𐮌𐮈/𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬌/𐫖𐫀𐫗𐫏 ''Māni'', New Persian: ''Māni'', Chinese language, Chinese: ''Móní'', Syriac language, Syriac ''Mānī'', Koine Greek, Greek , Lati ...

(c. 216 – 274), an Iranian prophet **

Mani (musician) Gary "Mani" Mounfield (born 16 November 1962Warshaw, AaronMani allmusic.com) is an English rock bassist, best known for being a member of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream. Career Mounfield attended Xaverian College in Rusholme, Manchester. ...

(born 1962), an English rock musician **

Mani (actor) Salman Saqib Sheikh ( ur, ), credited as Mani, is a Pakistani film and television actor, politician and host. Mani is mostly known for his comic roles. He started his career as a junior anchor and host before becoming a sitcom and comedy actor ...

(born 1975), Pakistani film and television actor and host *

Mani people The Maniq or Mani are an ethnic group of Thailand. They are more widely known in Thailand as the ''Sakai'' ( th, ซาไก), a controversial derogatory term meaning'barbarism'. They are the only Negrito group in Thailand and speak a variety of ...

, a Negrito ethnic group from Thailand

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Mani'' (web series), a 2017 Brat show *

Mâni Mâni is a form of Turkish folk song in quatrains A quatrain is a type of stanza, or a complete poem, consisting of four lines. Existing in a variety of forms, the quatrain appears in poems from the poetic traditions of various ancient civilizat ...

, a form of Turkish folk song * '' Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese'', a travelogue about the Greek peninsula by Patrick Leigh Fermor *

Mani (film) ''Mani'' is a 2003 Indian Kannada-language romance film written and directed by debutant Yograj Bhat. It features Mayur Patel and Radhika in the lead roles. The supporting cast includes Umashree, Kashi, Avinash, Rangayana Raghu and Karisubbu. ...

, a 2003 Indian Kannada-language romance film

Other uses

Maní (Amazonian legend) Maní, a Tupí myth of origins, is the name of an indigenous girl with very fair complexion. The Amazonian legend of Maní is related to the cult of Manioc ''Manihot esculenta'', commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous r ...

, a legend of the indigenous tribe Tupi in Brazil *

Máni Máni (Old Norse: ; "Moon"Orchard (1997:109).) is the Moon personified in Germanic mythology. Máni, personified, is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'', compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and the ''Prose Edda'', written ...

, a personification of the moon in Norse mythology * Mani, short for the mantra of Avalokiteśvara, ''

Om mani padme hum ' ( sa, ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ, ) is the six-syllabled Sanskrit mantra particularly associated with the four-armed Shadakshari form of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion. It first appeared in the Mahayana ''Kāraṇ ...

'' *

Mani Jewel A Mani Jewel () refers to any of various jewels mentioned in Buddhist literature as either metaphors for several concepts in Buddhist philosophy or as mythical relics. The word ''mani'' is simply Sanskrit and Pali for "jewel", so the phrase "Mani J ...

, any of various jewels mentioned in Buddhist literature * Al-Māniʿ, one of the

names of God in Islam Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

, meaning "''Withholder''" and ''"Defender''". *

Mani stick fighting Mani may refer to: Geography * Maní, Casanare, a town and municipality in Casanare Department, Colombia * Mani, Chad, a town and sub-prefecture in Chad * Mani, Evros, a village in northeastern Greece * Mani, Karnataka, a village in Dakshi ...

, an African-derived martial art from Cuba *

Mani the parakeet Mani the parakeet (hatched 1997), also called Mani the parrot, is a Malaysian-born rose-ringed parakeet who resides in Singapore. He has been an astrologer "assistant" to M. Muniyappan since 2005, working from his Little India fortune-telling shop ...

, a rose-ringed parakeet that serves as an astrologer "assistant" to M. Muniyappan in Singapore *

Manicure A manicure is a mostly cosmetic beauty treatment for the fingernails and hands performed at home or in a nail salon. A manicure usually consists of filing and shaping the ''free edge'' of nails, pushing and clipping (with a cuticle pusher ...

, abbreviated "mani" *

Mannosyl-oligosaccharide 1,2-alpha-mannosidase Mannosyl-oligosaccharide 1,2-alpha-mannosidase (, ''mannosidase 1A'', ''mannosidase 1B'', ''1,2-alpha-mannosidase'', ''exo-alpha-1,2-mannanase'', ''mannose-9 processing alpha-mannosidase'', ''glycoprotein processing mannosidase I'', ''mannosidase I ...

, an enzyme

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