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From Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, and its source, Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, an agent suffix).
In Chinese folk etymology, the word originates from Mandarin 滿大人/满大人 (Mǎndàrén, literally “Manchu important man”).
mandarin (plural mandarins)
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mandarin (comparative more mandarin, superlative most mandarin)
From French mandarine, feminine of mandarin, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume.
mandarin (plural mandarins)
Borrowed from Spanish mandarín.
mandarin
singular | plural | |
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nominative | mandarin | mandarinler |
genitive | mandarinniñ | mandarinlerniñ |
dative | mandaringe | mandarinlerge |
accusative | mandarinni | mandarinlerni |
locative | mandarinde | mandarinlerde |
ablative | mandarinden | mandarinlerden |
From Portuguese mandarim.
mandarin c (singular definite mandarinen, plural indefinite mandariner)
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mandarin | mandarinen | mandariner | mandarinerne |
genitive | mandarins | mandarinens | mandariners | mandarinernes |
mandarin n
From Danish mandarin, from Dutch mandorijn or Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, from Hindi मन्त्रि (mantri), from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, “an agent suffix”).
mandarin f (genitive singular mandarinar, plural mandarinir)
Declension of mandarin | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mandarin | mandarinin | mandarinir | mandarinirnar |
accusative | mandarin | mandarinina | mandarinir | mandarinirnar |
dative | mandarin | mandarinini | mandarinum | mandarinunum |
genitive | mandarinar | mandarinarinnar | mandarina | mandarinanna |
mandarin n (genitive singular mandarins)
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | mandarin |
Accusative | mandarin |
Dative | mandarini |
Genitive | mandarins |
mandarin (feminine mandarine, masculine plural mandarins, feminine plural mandarines)
mandarin m (uncountable)
An internationalism mainly via German, originally from Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri.
mandarin (countable and uncountable, plural mandarinok)
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | mandarin | mandarinok |
accusative | mandarint | mandarinokat |
dative | mandarinnak | mandarinoknak |
instrumental | mandarinnal | mandarinokkal |
causal-final | mandarinért | mandarinokért |
translative | mandarinná | mandarinokká |
terminative | mandarinig | mandarinokig |
essive-formal | mandarinként | mandarinokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | mandarinban | mandarinokban |
superessive | mandarinon | mandarinokon |
adessive | mandarinnál | mandarinoknál |
illative | mandarinba | mandarinokba |
sublative | mandarinra | mandarinokra |
allative | mandarinhoz | mandarinokhoz |
elative | mandarinból | mandarinokból |
delative | mandarinról | mandarinokról |
ablative | mandarintól | mandarinoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
mandariné | mandarinoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
mandarinéi | mandarinokéi |
Possessive forms of mandarin | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | mandarinom | mandarinjaim |
2nd person sing. | mandarinod | mandarinjaid |
3rd person sing. | mandarinja | mandarinjai |
1st person plural | mandarinunk | mandarinjaink |
2nd person plural | mandarinotok | mandarinjaitok |
3rd person plural | mandarinjuk | mandarinjaik |
An internationalism mainly via German, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume.
mandarin (plural mandarinok)
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | mandarin | mandarinok |
accusative | mandarint | mandarinokat |
dative | mandarinnak | mandarinoknak |
instrumental | mandarinnal | mandarinokkal |
causal-final | mandarinért | mandarinokért |
translative | mandarinná | mandarinokká |
terminative | mandarinig | mandarinokig |
essive-formal | mandarinként | mandarinokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | mandarinban | mandarinokban |
superessive | mandarinon | mandarinokon |
adessive | mandarinnál | mandarinoknál |
illative | mandarinba | mandarinokba |
sublative | mandarinra | mandarinokra |
allative | mandarinhoz | mandarinokhoz |
elative | mandarinból | mandarinokból |
delative | mandarinról | mandarinokról |
ablative | mandarintól | mandarinoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
mandariné | mandarinoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
mandarinéi | mandarinokéi |
Possessive forms of mandarin | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | mandarinom | mandarinjaim |
2nd person sing. | mandarinod | mandarinjaid |
3rd person sing. | mandarinja | mandarinjai |
1st person plural | mandarinunk | mandarinjaink |
2nd person plural | mandarinotok | mandarinjaitok |
3rd person plural | mandarinjuk | mandarinjaik |
From Portuguese mandarim (“mandarin”), from Malay menteri (“minister”), from Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī, “minister”). Doublet of manti, mantri, and menteri.
mandarin (first-person possessive mandarinku, second-person possessive mandarinmu, third-person possessive mandarinnya)
From English mandarin (“mandarin orange”), from French mandarine, feminine of mandarin, probably formed as Etymology 1, above, from the yellow colour of the mandarins' costume.
mandarin (first-person possessive mandarinku, second-person possessive mandarinmu, third-person possessive mandarinnya)
From Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), Malay menteri, manteri, and Portuguese mandarim.
mandarin m (definite singular mandarinen, indefinite plural mandariner, definite plural mandarinene)
From Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), Malay menteri, manteri, and Portuguese mandarim.
mandarin m (definite singular mandarinen, indefinite plural mandarinar, definite plural mandarinane)
Borrowed from French mandarin.
mandarin m (plural mandarini)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) mandarin | mandarinul | (niște) mandarini | mandarinii |
genitive/dative | (unui) mandarin | mandarinului | (unor) mandarini | mandarinilor |
vocative | mandarinule | mandarinilor |
mandàrīn m (Cyrillic spelling манда̀рӣн)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | mandàrīn | mandarini |
genitive | mandarína | mandarina |
dative | mandarinu | mandarinima |
accusative | mandarina | mandarine |
vocative | mandarine | mandarini |
locative | mandarinu | mandarinima |
instrumental | mandarinom | mandarinima |
From Portuguese mandarim.
mandarin c or n
Declension of mandarin | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mandarin | mandarinen | mandariner | mandarinerna |
Genitive | mandarins | mandarinens | mandariners | mandarinernas |
Declension of mandarin 3 | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | mandarin | mandarinet | — | — |
Genitive | mandarins | mandarinets | — | — |