Masnavi

A Quranic Name for Boys and Girls

Masnavi is variant of Mathnawi and has the exact same meaning and pronunciation (see below for full meaning). You can use either Masnavi or Mathnawi, both are correct and acceptable. If you like this variant more and you'd like to pronounce it the way it is spelled (different than the original name), this is perfectly acceptable. For more details please see the main entry at: Mathnawi.

Full Meaning of Masnavi

Masnavi is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means “couplet”, “binary”, “in twos”, “in pairs”. Masnavi usually refers to a format of poetry in which each two lines rhyme and have the same metre. It is usually pronounced in the Persian way (Masnavi) to refer to the Masnavi of Rumi, which is a work of poetry composed by the Persian poet Jalaluddin Rumi.