मंडली

• मण्डली (maṇḍalī)

मंडल (maṇḍal) +‎ -ई (-ī). Compare Prakrit मंडल (maṃḍala, “group, circle”) and Sanskrit मण्डलिका (maṇḍalikā, “group”). Cognate with Bengali মণ্ডলী (monḍoli, “congregation”).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /məɳ.ɖliː/, [mɐ̃ɳ.ɖliː]

मंडली • (maṇḍlī) f

1. a small circle, disc, ring, or coil
2. a circle, group, party, society
3. flock (of birds, animals)

• सूरज-मंडली (sūraj-maṇḍlī, “solar system”)
• विद्वन्मंडली (vidvanmaṇḍlī, “group of scholars”)
• वाद्य-मंडली (vādya-maṇḍlī, “an orchestra”)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मंडली”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “máṇḍala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 559