मंत्री

See also: मित्र, मित्रो, मित्रा, मात्रा, मूत्र, and मित्रों

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin). Cognate with Gujarati મંત્રી (mantrī), Marathi मंत्री (mantrī).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mən.t̪ɾiː/, [mɐ̃n̪.t̪ɾiː]

Noun

मंत्री • (mantrī) m

  1. (government) head
    1. minister
    2. chief
    3. commander
  2. (chess) queen

Declension

Declension of मंत्री (masc ī-stem)
singular plural
direct मंत्री
mantrī 		मंत्री
mantrī
oblique मंत्री
mantrī 		मंत्रियों
mantriyõ
vocative मंत्री
mantrī 		मंत्रियो
mantriyo

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin). Cognate with Gujarati મંત્રી (mantrī), Hindi मंत्री (mantrī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mən.t̪ɾi/, [mən.t̪ɾiː]

Noun

मंत्री • (mantrī) m

  1. (government) minister
    मुख्यमंत्री
    mukhyamantrī
    chief minister
  2. (chess) queen

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Marathi · बुद्धिबळातील सोंगट्या (buddhibḷātīl soṅgaṭyā) (layout · text)
राजा (rājā) वजीर (vajīr),
राणी (rāṇī), मंत्री (mantrī) 		हत्ती (hattī) उंट (uṇṭa) घोडा (ghoḍā) प्यादे (pyāde)

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin).

Noun

मंत्री • (maṃtrī) m

  1. minister

Descendants

  • Gujarati: મંત્રી (mantrī)
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