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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မန် (Burmese script)
- મન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೝ (Kannada script)
- មន៑ (Khmer script)
- ມນ຺ (Lao script)
- മന് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- மந் (Tamil script)
- మౝ (Telugu script)
- มนฺ (Thai script)
- མ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *man-, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.
Pronunciation
Root
मन् • (man)
- to think, believe, suppose
- to remember (especially of forms with mnā-)
Derived terms
- Primary Verbal Forms
- Secondary Forms
- Non-Finite Forms
- मत (matá) (Past Participle)
- मन्त (mantá) (Past Participle)
- म्नात (mnātá) (Past Participle)
- मन्तुम् (mantum) (Infinitive)
- मन्तवे (mántave) (Infinitive)
- मन्तवै (mantavái) (Infinitive)
- मन्तोस् (mantos) (Infinitive)
- मत्वा (matvā́) (Gerund)
- मनित्वा (manitvā́) (Gerund)
- मत्य (matya) (Gerund)
- मन्य (manya) (Gerund)
- मन्तव्य (mantavyá) (Gerundive)
- मननीय (mananīya) (Gerundive)
- माननीय (mānanīya) (Gerundive)
- म्नातव्य (mnātavyá) (Gerundive)
- मिमानयिषु (mimānayiṣu) (Desiderative Participle of Causative)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- मन (mana)
- मना (manā́, “devotion, attachment, zeal, envy”)
- मनस् (mánas, “mind”)
- मनीषा (manīṣā́, “thought, intelligence, concept, prayer, wish”)́
- मनु (mánu, “thought”)
- मनुस् (mánus)
- मनन (manána, “thoughtful, careful; thinking, reflection, reverence”)
- मनना (mananā́, “thoughtfully, deliberately”)́
- मति (matí, máti, “thought, idea, belief, mind, worship, memory”)
- सुमति (sumati, “of good mind”)
- मन्तु (mántu, “advisor, arbiter; counsel; understanding”)
- मनोतृ (manótṛ, manotṛ́, “inventor, discoverer, disposer, manager”)
- मन्तृ (mantṛ́, “thinker , adviser , counsellor”)
- मन्त्र (mántra, “formula”)
- मन्त्रिन् (mantrín, “minister, counselor, scholar”)
- मन्त्रि (mantri, “minister, counselor, scholar”)
- मन्मन् (mánman, “understanding, intellect, thought, prayer”)
- मन्यु (manyú, “mind, mood, anger, spirit”)
- माति (māti)
- मान (mā́na, “opinion, conception, wish”)
- मानक (mānaka)
- मानिन् (mānin)
- मान्य (mānya)
- मानन (mānana)
- मानुक (mānuka)
- मुनि (múni)
- मन्य (manya, “thinking oneself to be, passing for, appearing as”)
- मन्यक (manyaka)
- मीमांसा (mīmāṃsā́)
- मीमांसक (mīmāṃsaka)
- मीमांस्य (mīmāṃsya)
- मानयितृ (mānayitṛ)
- मानयितव्य (mānayitavya)
- म्नान (mnāna)
- म्नाय (mnāya)
- मेधा (medhā́, “wisdom, intelligence”)
- मन्धातृ (mandhātṛ́, “a thoughtful or pious man”)
- मन्वन्तर (manvantara, “period or age of a Manu”)
- मन्युमी (manyumī́, “destroying hostile fury”)
- मनान (manāná, “pious, devout”)
- मनस (manasá, “mind, heart”)
- मनस्क (manaská, “little mind; mental; mindful, attentive”)
- मनस्यु (manasyú, “wishing, desiring”)
- मनायु (manāyú, “zealous, devoted, desirous, praying”)
- मनोजव (manojavá, “the speed or swiftness of thought”)
- सुम्न (sumná, “benevolence, grace; devotion, prayer; peace”)
- Prefixed Root Forms
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 783.
- 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 (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 305-306