मण्ड

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

মণ্ড (Assamese script)
ᬫᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
মণ্ড (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
မဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
મણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
ਮਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
ಮಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
មណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
ມຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
മണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
ମଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
ꢪꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
මණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
மண்ட³ (Tamil script)
మణ్డ (Telugu script)
มณฺฑ (Thai script)
མ་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐɳ.ɖɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐɳ.ɖɐ/

Etymology 1

Probably of substrate origin; compare Tamil மண்டி (maṇṭi, “dregs”). Indo-European etymologies have been proposed, but are difficult to verify; compare Sanskrit मृज् (mṛj, “to wipe, purify”) and Lithuanian blandùs (“foggy; thick”).

Noun

मण्ड • (maṇḍá) stem, m

scum of boiled rice
the thick part of milk, cream
the spirituous part of wine etc.; foam or froth; pith, essence; the "head"
a frog
ornament, decoration
a measure of weight (=5 Māṣas)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मण्ड
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मण्डः (maṇḍáḥ)	मण्डौ (maṇḍaú) मण्डा¹ (maṇḍā́¹)	मण्डाः (maṇḍā́ḥ) मण्डासः¹ (maṇḍā́saḥ¹)
accusative	मण्डम् (maṇḍám)	मण्डौ (maṇḍaú) मण्डा¹ (maṇḍā́¹)	मण्डान् (maṇḍā́n)
instrumental	मण्डेन (maṇḍéna)	मण्डाभ्याम् (maṇḍā́bhyām)	मण्डैः (maṇḍaíḥ) मण्डेभिः¹ (maṇḍébhiḥ¹)
dative	मण्डाय (maṇḍā́ya)	मण्डाभ्याम् (maṇḍā́bhyām)	मण्डेभ्यः (maṇḍébhyaḥ)
ablative	मण्डात् (maṇḍā́t)	मण्डाभ्याम् (maṇḍā́bhyām)	मण्डेभ्यः (maṇḍébhyaḥ)
genitive	मण्डस्य (maṇḍásya)	मण्डयोः (maṇḍáyoḥ)	मण्डानाम् (maṇḍā́nām)
locative	मण्डे (maṇḍé)	मण्डयोः (maṇḍáyoḥ)	मण्डेषु (maṇḍéṣu)
vocative	मण्ड (máṇḍa)	मण्डौ (máṇḍau) मण्डा¹ (máṇḍā¹)	मण्डाः (máṇḍāḥ) मण्डासः¹ (máṇḍāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: maṇḍa, maṇḍaka
Prakrit: 𑀫𑀀𑀟 (mam̐ḍa), 𑀫𑀀𑀟𑀸 (mam̐ḍā), 𑀫𑀀𑀟𑀻 (mam̐ḍī)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: માંડો (mā̃ḍo), માડો (māḍo)
    - Hindustani:
      Hindi: मांड (māṇḍ), मांड़ (mā̃ṛ), मांडा (māṇḍā), मांड़ी (mā̃ṛī), माँड़ना (mā̃ṛnā)
      
      Urdu: مَاںڈ (mā̃ḍ), مَاںڑ (mā̃ṛ), مَاںڈَا (mā̃ḍā), مَاںڑِی (mā̃ṛī), مَاںڑنَا
    - Romani:
      - Carpathian Romani: maro
      - Lomavren: malav
      - Romani: maro
      - Romano-Greek: manró (“bread”)
      - Sinte Romani: maro
      - Vlax Romani: maro, mani̦o, mai̦o
- Dardic:
  - Dameli: man
  - Kalami: من (man)
  - Kashmiri: مۄنڈُ (mọ̆nḍụ)
  - Phalura: ماݨڈ (māṇḍ)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: মাৰ (mar)
    - Bengali: মাড়ি (maṛi)
    - Bihari: माँड़, मण्डा, माड़ा, माँढ़ा
      - Bhojpuri: माँड़ (mā̃ṛ)
      - Maithili: माड़ी (māṛī)
    - Odia: ମଣ୍ଡ (maṇḍa), ମଣ୍ଡା (maṇḍā), ମାଣ୍ଡୁଅ (māṇḍua)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Kumaoni: माना (mānā), माँड़ी (mā̃ṛī), माँण (mā̃ṇ)
    - Nepali: माँड (mā̃ḍ)
    - Western Pahari:
      - Bhadrawahi: मन्नि (mánni), मण्डो (maṇḍo)
- Southern:
  - Elu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: މަޑު (maḍu), މަޑޮ (maḍo)
    - Sinhalese: මඩ (maḍa)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: मांडा (māṇḍā)
- Western:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Punjabi: mann, mannī, maṇḍā, maṇḍṇā
      Punjabi: ਮੰਨ, ਮੰਨੀ, ਮੰਡਾ, ਮੰਡਣਾ
      
      Punjabi: مَنّ, مَنِّی, مَݨڈَا, مَݨڈݨَا
      - Lahnda: من (mann)
        Khetrani: ماݨ (māṇi)
    - Sindhi: mānī
      Devanagari script: मानी
      
      Arabic script: مَانِي

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil ஆமண்டம் (āmaṇṭam, “castor-oil plant”). Related to आमण्ड (āmaṇḍa, “castor-oil plant”).

Noun

मण्ड • (maṇḍa) stem, m

the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis (a species of potherb)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मण्ड
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मण्डः (maṇḍaḥ)	मण्डौ (maṇḍau) मण्डा¹ (maṇḍā¹)	मण्डाः (maṇḍāḥ) मण्डासः¹ (maṇḍāsaḥ¹)
accusative	मण्डम् (maṇḍam)	मण्डौ (maṇḍau) मण्डा¹ (maṇḍā¹)	मण्डान् (maṇḍān)
instrumental	मण्डेन (maṇḍena)	मण्डाभ्याम् (maṇḍābhyām)	मण्डैः (maṇḍaiḥ) मण्डेभिः¹ (maṇḍebhiḥ¹)
dative	मण्डाय (maṇḍāya)	मण्डाभ्याम् (maṇḍābhyām)	मण्डेभ्यः (maṇḍebhyaḥ)
ablative	मण्डात् (maṇḍāt)	मण्डाभ्याम् (maṇḍābhyām)	मण्डेभ्यः (maṇḍebhyaḥ)
genitive	मण्डस्य (maṇḍasya)	मण्डयोः (maṇḍayoḥ)	मण्डानाम् (maṇḍānām)
locative	मण्डे (maṇḍe)	मण्डयोः (maṇḍayoḥ)	मण्डेषु (maṇḍeṣu)
vocative	मण्ड (maṇḍa)	मण्डौ (maṇḍau) मण्डा¹ (maṇḍā¹)	मण्डाः (maṇḍāḥ) मण्डासः¹ (maṇḍāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 775/2.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 294
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 382-3
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[3] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 559-61
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press