Urdu/Hindi/Awadhi/Bhojpuri/Sarnami: Mienaahie/Meenahi/میناہی

[ShadowKing]

Hi, can anyone tell me what "meenahi" (Dutch spelling: mienaahie) means and where this word originates from.
My first guess is that it means a "crowd" or crowded area, but I may be wrong.

(Dutch-based spelling)

Ham kabhie na ekgo rasta me djaaila djaha mienaahie hai.

(Nastaliq)
ہم کبھی نہ ایک-گو راستہ میں جائ-لا جہاں میناہی ہے۔

(Anglicized)

Ham kabhi nah ek-go raasta mein jaayi-la jahaan meenahi hai.


Thanks

 

[rituparnahoymoy]

Hi, can anyone tell me what "meenahi" (Dutch spelling: mienaahie) means and where this word originates from.
My first guess is that it means a "crowd" or crowded area, but I may be wrong.

(Dutch-based spelling)

Ham kabhie na ekgo rasta me djaaila djaha mienaahie hai.

(Nastaliq)
ہم کبھی نہ ایک-گو راستہ میں جائ-لا جہاں میناہی ہے۔

(Anglicized)

Ham kabhi nah ek-go raasta mein jaayi-la jahaan meenahi hai.


Thanks

When I read it, it seems like Bhojpuri to me. Manaahi probably means " forbidden".

 

[ShadowKing]

When I read it, it seems like Bhojpuri to me. Manaahi probably means " forbidden".

Thanks but I'm quite sure it was pronounced "meenahi" and not "manaahi".

The language here is Sarnami, spoken in Suriname and the Netherlands. It is a variant of Caribbean Hindustani and although it does heavily resemble Bhojpuri and Awadhi, it should be regarded as a separate, older form of the language spoken in UP-Bihar during the 19th century and as such, it is quite divergent from the speech we can hear in the modern Indian Bhojpuri films.

 

[marrish]

It doesn't mean 'crowd' but 'ban, prohibition', as suggested earlier.