मंडल

See also: मंडळ and मंडळी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit मंडल (maṃḍala) without cluster simplification, from Sanskrit मण्डल (máṇḍala). Or equivalently, borrowed from the Sanskrit term itself.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /məɳ.ɖəl/, [mɐ̃ɳ.ɖɐl]

Noun

मंडल • (maṇḍal) m

1. (Hinduism) Mandala
2. disc
3. ring, band
4. zone, district, division

   मैं दूसरे मंडल से हूँ।

   ma͠i dūsre maṇḍal se hū̃.

   I'm from the second/another division.

5. board, commission, association, chamber
6. cycle, orbit (of a heavenly body)

Declension

Declension of मंडल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मंडल maṇḍal	मंडल maṇḍal
oblique	मंडल maṇḍal	मंडलों maṇḍalõ
vocative	मंडल maṇḍal	मंडलो maṇḍalo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मंडल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “máṇḍala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press