मन्त्रिन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মন্ত্ৰিন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬦ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭᬶᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মন্ত্রিন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰿𑰨𑰰𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀺𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မန္တြိန် (Burmese script)
• મન્ત્રિન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਨ੍ਤ੍ਰਿਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰𑌿𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦶꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂹𑂩𑂱𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮನ್ತ್ರಿೝ (Kannada script)
• មន្ត្រិន៑ (Khmer script)
• ມນ຺ຕ຺ຣິນ຺ (Lao script)
• മന്ത്രിന് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠨᢠᡵᡳᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘿𑘨𑘱𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠨᢐᠷᠢᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧠𑧈𑧒𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐣𑑂𑐟𑑂𑐬𑐶𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମନ୍ତ୍ରିନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢥ꣄ꢡ꣄ꢬꢶꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆤𑇀𑆠𑇀𑆫𑆴𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖿𑖨𑖰𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මන‍්ත්‍රින් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩯 𑪙𑩫 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚶𑚤𑚮𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• மந்த்ரிந் (Tamil script)
• మన్త్రిౝ (Telugu script)
• มนฺตฺรินฺ (Thai script)
• མ་ནྟྲི་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒢𑓂𑒞𑓂𑒩𑒱𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨝𑩇𑨙𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mantrī́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mantrī́, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”) +‎ *-trih₂. See also मन्त्र (mantra).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐn.tɾín/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐn̪.t̪ɾin̪/

Adjective

मन्त्रिन् • (mantrin) stem

1. wise, eloquent

Declension

This adj needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

मन्त्रिन् • (mantrín) stem, m (feminine मन्त्रिणी)

1. a minister, councilor, king's counselor, scholar (especially within artistic or intellectual circles)
2. (chess) the queen
3. (astrology) the 12th mansion

Declension

Masculine in-stem declension of मन्त्रिन् (mantrín)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मन्त्री mantrī́	मन्त्रिणौ / मन्त्रिणा¹ mantríṇau / mantríṇā¹	मन्त्रिणः mantríṇaḥ
Vocative	मन्त्रिन् mántrin	मन्त्रिणौ / मन्त्रिणा¹ mántriṇau / mántriṇā¹	मन्त्रिणः mántriṇaḥ
Accusative	मन्त्रिणम् mantríṇam	मन्त्रिणौ / मन्त्रिणा¹ mantríṇau / mantríṇā¹	मन्त्रिणः mantríṇaḥ
Instrumental	मन्त्रिणा mantríṇā	मन्त्रिभ्याम् mantríbhyām	मन्त्रिभिः mantríbhiḥ
Dative	मन्त्रिणे mantríṇe	मन्त्रिभ्याम् mantríbhyām	मन्त्रिभ्यः mantríbhyaḥ
Ablative	मन्त्रिणः mantríṇaḥ	मन्त्रिभ्याम् mantríbhyām	मन्त्रिभ्यः mantríbhyaḥ
Genitive	मन्त्रिणः mantríṇaḥ	मन्त्रिणोः mantríṇoḥ	मन्त्रिणाम् mantríṇām
Locative	मन्त्रिणि mantríṇi	मन्त्रिणोः mantríṇoḥ	मन्त्रिषु mantríṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• मन्त्र (mántra)

Descendants

Descendants

• Pali: mantin
  • → Minangkabau:
    • → Indonesian: manti
  • →? Lao: ມົນຕີ (mon tī) (learned)
• → Bengali: মন্ত্রী (montri)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मंत्री (mantrī)

  Urdu: منتری (mantrī)

• → Khmer: មន្ត្រី (mŭəntrəy)
• → Malay: menteri (منتري)
  • Indonesian: menteri
  • → Portuguese: mandarim
    • → Czech: mandarín
    • → Danish: mandarin
    • → Dutch: mandarijn
      • Afrikaans: mandaryn
      • → Latvian: mandarīns (or from Portuguese mandarim, or via another European language)
    • → English: mandarin
      • → Irish: mandairín
    • → Estonian: mandariin (or possibly from French mandarine)
    • → French: mandarin
      • → Breton: mandarin
      • → Greek: μανδαρίνος (mandarínos)
    • → French: mandarine (“mandarin orange”) (see there for further descendants)
    • → German: Mandarin
      • → Hungarian: mandarin
    • → Italian: mandarino
      • → Maltese: mandolin
      • → Turkish: mandalina
    • → Latvian: mandarīns (or from Dutch mandarijn, or via another European language)
    • → Macedonian: мандарин (mandarin)
    • → Polish: mandaryn
    • → Romanian: mandarin
    • → Russian: мандарин (mandarin)
    • → Serbo-Croatian:
      • Cyrillic script: мандарин
      • Latin script: mandarin
    • → Spanish: mandarín
      • → Crimean Tatar: mandarin
    • → Swedish: mandarin
• → Malayalam: മന്ത്രി (mantri)
• → Old Gujarati: मंत्री (maṃtrī)
• → Old Javanese: mantrī → mantri
  • Javanese: ꦩꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦶ (mantri)
    • → Indonesian: mantri
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੰਤਰੀ (mantrī)

  Shahmukhi script: منتری (mantrī)

• → Tamil: மந்திரி (mantiri)
• → Telugu: మంత్రి (mantri)
• → Thai: มนตรี (mon-dtrii)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मन्त्रिन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 786/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 311