मँगाना (mangaanaa)
verb
The causative of मँगना/मांगना (maangnaa, 'to ask for') -- it means 'to have (something) brought' or 'to order/send for' something, with someone else doing the actual fetching.
Sense
1
:
to have something brought / to order something (e.g. food, goods)
verb, transitive Causative construction: the person who actually goes and gets the thing is marked with से (se), e.g. नौकर से मँगाना (naukar se mangaanaa, 'to have the servant fetch it').
Synonyms: ऑर्डर करना (ordar karnaa, for food/products from a shop or app), बुलवाना (bulvaanaa, for having a person or service called over)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: This is the everyday word for phone/app food orders in Delhi -- पिज़्ज़ा मँगाना (pizzaa mangaanaa, 'to order pizza') is something every household says on a lazy Sunday. It captures a very Hindi habit of thought: rather than 'ordering' as a transaction, you're framing it as getting someone (a delivery person, a servant, a shopkeeper) to bring it to you.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often use मँगाना (mangaanaa) and बुलाना (bulaanaa) interchangeably, but बुलाना (bulaanaa) means 'to call/summon a person to come,' while मँगाना (mangaanaa) means 'to have a thing sent/brought' -- you मँगाना (mangaanaa) a pizza, not a friend. 2) The one who does the fetching takes से (se), not को (ko): घर से खाना मँगाना (ghar se khaanaa mangaanaa, 'to have food sent from home') is correct, not घर को खाना मँगाना।
Sample Sentences:
आज रात हम पिज़्ज़ा मँगाएँगे।
Tonight we'll order pizza.
(aaj raat ham pizzaa mangaaenge।)
मैंने कल बाज़ार से नई किताबें मँगाई थीं।
I had new books brought from the market yesterday.
(mainne kal baazaar se naii kitaaben mangaaii thiin।)
वह हर इतवार दफ़्तर के लिए खाना मँगाता है।
He orders food for the office every Sunday.
(vah har itvaar daftar ke lie khaanaa mangaataa hai।)
प्लीज़ थोड़ी चाय मँगा दो।
Please have some tea brought.
(pliiz thodii chaay mangaa do।)
अगर मेहमान आ जाएँ, तो मिठाई मँगा लेना।
If guests show up, do have sweets brought.
(agar mehmaan aa jaaen, to mithaaii mangaa lenaa।)
काश हम भी बाहर से खाना मँगा पाते।
I wish we could have food ordered from outside too.
(kaash ham bhii baahar se khaanaa mangaa paate।)
इस ऐप से सामान मँगाया जाता है।
Goods are ordered through this app.
(is aip se saamaan mangaayaa jaataa hai।)
मैडम ने सुबह से दो बार दूध मँगाया है।
Madam has had milk brought twice since morning.
(maidam ne subah se do baar doodh mangaayaa hai।)
क्या तुम अभी कुछ मँगा रहे हो?
Are you ordering something right now?
(kyaa tum abhii kuchh mangaa rahe ho?)
आपको जो भी चाहिए, बेझिझक मँगा लीजिए।
Whatever you need, please feel free to have it brought.
(aapko jo bhii chaahie, bejhijhak mangaa liijie।)
पिछले महीने कंपनी ने विदेश से नई मशीनें मँगाई थीं।
Last month the company had new machines brought from abroad.
(pichhle mahiine kampnii ne videsh se naii mashiinen mangaaii thiin।)
Sense
2
:
to send for, summon indirectly through a request
verb, transitive Used when a message or request is relayed through an intermediary to bring a person or object over, distinct from directly summoning someone yourself.
Synonyms: बुलवाना (bulvaanaa, when the object is a person)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: You'll hear elders say things like डॉक्टर को मँगवा लो (doktar ko mangvaa lo, 'get the doctor sent for') in a family emergency -- it carries a sense of arranging for someone's arrival through a chain of people, rather than going yourself.
Sample Sentences:
बुआ जी ने डॉक्टर को मँगाया।
Aunt sent for the doctor.
(buaa jii ne doktar ko mangaayaa।)
दादी अक्सर पड़ोस के पंडित जी को मँगाती हैं।
Grandmother often sends for the neighborhood priest.
(daadii aksar pados ke pandit jii ko mangaatii hain।)
डॉक्टर को मँगवा लो, हालत बिगड़ रही है।
Get the doctor sent for, his condition is worsening.
(doktar ko mangvaa lo, haalat bigad rahii hai।)
वे वकील को मँगा रहे हैं ताकि कागज़ात ठीक करवाए जा सकें।
They are sending for the lawyer so that the papers can be corrected.
(ve vakiil ko mangaa rahe hain taaki kaagzaat thiik karvaae jaa saken।)
अगर हालत और बिगड़ती तो हम रात में ही डॉक्टर को मँगाते।
If the condition had worsened further, we would have sent for the doctor that very night.
(agar haalat aur bigadtii to ham raat men hii doktar ko mangaate।)
क्या तुमने नाई को मँगाया है?
Have you sent for the barber?
(kyaa tumne naaii ko mangaayaa hai?)
मालिक ने आदेश दिया कि मुनीम को तुरंत मँगाया जाए।
The owner ordered that the accountant be sent for immediately.
(maalik ne aadesh diyaa ki muniim ko turant mangaayaa jaae।)
पंचायत की बैठक में गाँव के बुज़ुर्गों को मँगाया गया।
The village elders were sent for at the panchayat meeting.
(panchaayat kii baithak men gaanv ke buzurgon ko mangaayaa gayaa।)
बच्चे की तबीयत बिगड़ते ही घरवालों ने हकीम को मँगा लिया।
As soon as the child's health worsened, the family had the physician sent for.
(bachche kii tabiiyat bigadte hii gharvaalon ne hakiim ko mangaa liyaa।)
क्या हमें विशेषज्ञ को मँगाना चाहिए?
Should we send for the specialist?
(kyaa hamen visheshagy ko mangaanaa chaahie?)
Morphology
Verb
infinitive:
मँगाना
(mangaanaa)
infinitive oblique:
मँगाने
(mangaane)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
मँगाता
(mangaataa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
मँगाते
(mangaate)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
मँगाती
(mangaatii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
मँगातीं
(mangaatiin)
continuous (sg.m):
मँगा रहा
(mangaa rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
मँगा रहे
(mangaa rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
मँगा रही
(mangaa rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
मँगा रहीं
(mangaa rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
मँगाया
(mangaayaa)
perfective (pl.m):
मँगाए
(mangaae)
perfective (sg.f):
मँगाई
(mangaaii)
perfective (pl.f):
मँगाईं
(mangaaiin)
imperative (informal):
मँगा
(mangaa)
imperative (neutral):
मँगाओ
(mangaao)
imperative (formal):
मँगाइए
(mangaaie)
future (1sg.m):
मँगाऊँगा
(mangaaoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
मँगाऊँगी
(mangaaoongii)
future (1pl.m):
मँगाएँगे
(mangaaenge)
future (1pl.f):
मँगाएँगी
(mangaaengii)
future (2sg.m):
मँगाएगा
(mangaaegaa)
future (2sg.f):
मँगाएगी
(mangaaegii)
future (2pl.m):
मँगाओगे
(mangaaoge)
future (2pl.f):
मँगाओगी
(mangaaogii)
future (3sg.m):
मँगाएगा
(mangaaegaa)
future (3sg.f):
मँगाएगी
(mangaaegii)
future (3pl.m):
मँगाएँगे
(mangaaenge)
future (3pl.f):
मँगाएँगी
(mangaaengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
मँगाऊँ
(mangaaoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
मँगाएँ
(mangaaen)
subjunctive (2sg):
मँगाए
(mangaae)
subjunctive (2pl):
मँगाओ
(mangaao)
subjunctive (3sg):
मँगाए
(mangaae)
subjunctive (3pl):
मँगाएँ
(mangaaen)