मंत्री
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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin). Cognate with Gujarati મંત્રી (mantrī), Marathi मंत्री (mantrī).
Pronunciation
Noun
मंत्री • (mantrī) m
Declension
Declension of मंत्री (masc ī-stem)
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin). Cognate with Gujarati મંત્રી (mantrī), Hindi मंत्री (mantrī).
Pronunciation
Noun
मंत्री • (mantrī) m
- (government) minister
- मुख्यमंत्री
- mukhyamantrī
- chief minister
- (chess) queen
Derived terms
- मुख्यमंत्री (mukhyamantrī, “chief minister”)
See also
| Chess pieces in Marathi · बुद्धिबळातील सोंगट्या (buddhibḷātīl soṅgaṭyā) (layout · text) | |||||
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| राजा (rājā) | वजीर (vajīr), राणी (rāṇī), मंत्री (mantrī) |
हत्ती (hattī) | उंट (uṇṭa) | घोडा (ghoḍā) | प्यादे (pyāde) |
Old Gujarati
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin).
Noun
मंत्री • (maṃtrī) m
Descendants
- Gujarati: મંત્રી (mantrī)