mandairín

Borrowed from English mandarin, from Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, and its source, Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, agent suffix).

mandairín m (genitive singular mandairín, nominative plural mandairíní)

1. (historical, politics, derogatory) mandarin (high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire, etc.)

• bóna mandairín m (“mandarin collar”)
• mandairín maigeach (“nodding mandarin”)
• Mandairínis f (“Mandarin Chinese”) (language)
• seaicéad mandairín m (“mandarin jacket”)

Borrowed from English mandarin, mandarine, from French mandarine, feminine of mandarin, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume.

mandairín m (genitive singular mandairín, nominative plural mandairíní)

1. mandarine, mandarin orange

• crann mandairíní m (“mandarin orange tree”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “mandairín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN