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Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ـمَند (-mand).
Suffix
-ਮੰਦ • (-mand)
- Used to form adjectives from nouns with the sense of possessing the quality expressed by the noun.
- ਫ਼ਿਕਰ (fikar, “worry”) + -ਮੰਦ (-mand) → ਫ਼ਿਕਰਮੰਦ (fikramand, “worried”)
- ਅਕ਼ਲ (aqal, “intelligence”) + -ਮੰਦ (-mand) → ਅਕ਼ਲਮੰਦ (aqalmand, “intelligent”)
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Further reading
- “ਮੰਦ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025