मन्द्

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *maruntu. Cognate with Tamil மருந்து (maruntu), Telugu మందు (mandu), Malayalam മരുന്ന് (marunnŭ), Kannada ಮದ್ದು (maddu), Duruwa मेरुद (merud).

Noun

मन्द् (mand)

  1. drug, medicine
  2. insecticide

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Phonetic variant of मद् (mad, “to rejoice”); see there for more.

Root

मन्द् • (mand)

  1. to rejoice, be glad or delighted, be drunk or intoxicated
  2. to gladden, exhilarate, intoxicate, inflame, inspirit
  3. (dubious) to sleep
  4. to shine, be splendid or beautiful
  5. to praise or to go
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Etymology 1.

Root

मन्द् • (mand)

  1. to tarry, stand still, pause
Derived terms

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “मन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 787/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 118
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 312
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