मण्ड

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐɳ.ɖɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐɳ.ɖɐ/

Probably of substrate origin; compare Tamil மண்டி (maṇṭi, “dregs”). Indo-European etymologies have been proposed, but are difficult to verify; compare Sanskrit मृज् (mṛj, “to wipe, purify”) and Lithuanian blandùs (“foggy; thick”).

मण्ड • (maṇḍá) stem, m

1. scum of boiled rice
2. the thick part of milk, cream
3. the spirituous part of wine etc.; foam or froth; pith, essence; the "head"
4. a frog
5. ornament, decoration
6. a measure of weight (=5 Māṣas)

• Pali: maṇḍa, maṇḍaka
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀀𑀟 (mam̐ḍa), 𑀫𑀀𑀟𑀸 (mam̐ḍā), 𑀫𑀀𑀟𑀻 (mam̐ḍī)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: માંડો (mā̃ḍo), માડો (māḍo)
      • Hindustani:

        Hindi: मांड (māṇḍ), मांड़ (mā̃ṛ), मांडा (māṇḍā), मांड़ी (mā̃ṛī), माँड़ना (mā̃ṛnā)

        Urdu: مَاںڈ (mā̃ḍ), مَاںڑ (mā̃ṛ), مَاںڈَا (mā̃ḍā), مَاںڑِی (mā̃ṛī), مَاںڑنَا

      • Romani:
        • Carpathian Romani: maro
        • Lomavren: malav
        • Romani: maro
        • Romano-Greek: manró (“bread”)
        • Sinte Romani: maro
        • Vlax Romani: maro, mani̦o, mai̦o
  • Dardic:
    • Dameli: man
    • Kalami: من (man)
    • Kashmiri: مۄنڈُ (mọ̆nḍụ)
    • Phalura: ماݨڈ (māṇḍ)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: মাৰ (mar)
      • Bengali: মাড়ি (maṛi)
      • Bihari: माँड़, मण्डा, माड़ा, माँढ़ा
        • Bhojpuri: माँड़ (mā̃ṛ)
        • Maithili: माड़ी (māṛī)
      • Odia: ମଣ୍ଡ (maṇḍa), ମଣ୍ଡା (maṇḍā), ମାଣ୍ଡୁଅ (māṇḍua)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Kumaoni: माना (mānā), माँड़ी (mā̃ṛī), माँण (mā̃ṇ)
      • Nepali: माँड (mā̃ḍ)
      • Western Pahari:
        • Bhadrawahi: मन्नि (mánni), मण्डो (maṇḍo)
  • Southern:
    • Elu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: މަޑު (maḍu), މަޑޮ (maḍo)
      • Sinhalese: මඩ (maḍa)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: मांडा (māṇḍā)
  • Western:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Punjabi: mann, mannī, maṇḍā, maṇḍṇā

        Punjabi: ਮੰਨ, ਮੰਨੀ, ਮੰਡਾ, ਮੰਡਣਾ

        Punjabi: مَنّ, مَنِّی, مَݨڈَا, مَݨڈݨَا

        • Lahnda: من (mann)
          • Khetrani: ماݨ (māṇi)
      • Sindhi: mānī

        Devanagari script: मानी

        Arabic script: مَانِي

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil ஆமண்டம் (āmaṇṭam, “castor-oil plant”). Related to आमण्ड (āmaṇḍa, “castor-oil plant”).

मण्ड • (maṇḍa) stem, m

1. the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis (a species of potherb)

• Monier Williams (1899) “मण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 775/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 294
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 382-3
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 559-61
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press