मन्द्
Kolami
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *maruntu. Cognate with Tamil மருந்து (maruntu), Telugu మందు (mandu), Malayalam മരുന്ന് (marunnŭ), Kannada ಮದ್ದು (maddu), Duruwa मेरुद (merud).
Noun
मन्द् (mand)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মন্দ্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মন্দ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မန္ဒ် (Burmese script)
- મન્દ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਨ੍ਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦤ꧀ꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮನ್ದ್ (Kannada script)
- មន្ទ៑ (Khmer script)
- ມນ຺ທ຺ (Lao script)
- മന്ദ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᠨᡩ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠨᢑ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମନ୍ଦ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මන්ද් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩯 𑪙𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
- மந்த்³ (Tamil script)
- మన్ద్ (Telugu script)
- มนฺทฺ (Thai script)
- མ་ནྡ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐnd/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐn̪d̪/
Etymology 1
Phonetic variant of मद् (mad, “to rejoice”); see there for more.
Root
मन्द् • (mand)
- to rejoice, be glad or delighted, be drunk or intoxicated
- to gladden, exhilarate, intoxicate, inflame, inspirit
- (dubious) to sleep
- to shine, be splendid or beautiful
- to praise or to go
Derived terms
- अमन्दीत् (amandīt)
- अममन्दुः (amamanduḥ)
- मन्दति (mandati)
- मन्दते (mandate)
- मन्दत् (mandat)
- मन्दध्यै (mandadhyai)
- मन्दयति (mandayati)
- मन्दयध्यै (mandayadhyai)
- मन्दान (mandāna)
- मन्दिता (manditā)
- मन्दिषत् (mandiṣat)
- मन्दिषीमहि (mandiṣīmahi)
- मन्दिष्ट (mandiṣṭa)
- मन्दिष्यते (mandiṣyate)
- मन्दुस् (mandus)
- ममन्द (mamanda)
Etymology 2
From Etymology 1.
Root
मन्द् • (mand)
- to tarry, stand still, pause
Derived terms
- अममन् (amaman)
- ममत्तन (mamattana)
- ममन्धि (mamandhi)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 787/3.
- 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 [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 312