మనసు
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Telugu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]మనస్సు (manassu)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit मनस् (mánas, “mind, intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will”). Cognate with Assamese মন (mon), Bengali মন (mon), Gujarati મન (man), Hindi मन (man), Kannada ಮನಸ್ಸು (manassu), Malayalam മനസ്സ് (manassŭ), Marathi मन (man), Punjabi ਮਨ (man), Tamil மனசு (maṉacu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]మనసు • (manasu) n (plural మనసులు)
- The internal organ of cognition, the intellect, understanding, mind.
- Inclination, wish, will, pleasure.
Adjective
[edit]మనసు • (manasu)
References
[edit]- "మనసు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 951