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English
Alternative forms
Noun
mantri (plural mantris)
- (India) A minister or high official.
2024 February 27, Sureshkumar, “HC junks DMK mantri acquittal, orders retrial in 2012 graft”, in The Times of India:
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Indonesian
Etymology
From Javanese ꦩꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦶ (mantri), from Old Javanese mantrī, mantri, from Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī). Doublet of mandarin, manti, and menteri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mant(ə)ri/
- Hyphenation: man‧tri
Noun
mantri (first-person possessive mantriku, second-person possessive mantrimu, third-person possessive mantrinya)
- position for special responsibility.
- Synonym: juru
- nurse.
- Synonym: juru rawat
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Javanese
Romanization
mantri
- Romanization of ꦩꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦶ