मंत्री

See also: मित्र, मित्रो, मित्रा, मात्रा, मूत्र, and मित्रों

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin). Cognate with Gujarati મંત્રી (mantrī), Marathi मंत्री (mantrī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /mən.t̪ɾiː/, [mɐ̃n̪.t̪ɾiː]

Noun

मंत्री • (mantrī) m

1. (government) head
   1. minister
   2. chief
   3. commander
2. (chess) queen

Declension

Declension of मंत्री (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मंत्री mantrī	मंत्री mantrī
oblique	मंत्री mantrī	मंत्रियों mantriyõ
vocative	मंत्री mantrī	मंत्रियो mantriyo

See also

Chess pieces in Hindi · शतरंज के मोहरे (śatrañj ke mohre) (layout · text)
राजा (rājā) बादशाह (bādśāh) शाह (śāh)	रानी (rānī) वज़ीर (vazīr) मंत्री (mantrī) बेगम (begam) फ़रज़ी (farzī)	हाथी (hāthī) गज (gaj) रथ (rath) कश्ती (kaśtī) रुख़ (rux)	ऊँट (ū̃ṭ) फ़ील (fīl) पील (pīl)	घोड़ा (ghoṛā) अश्व (aśva)	प्यादा (pyādā) पैदल (paidal) सिपाही (sipāhī)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “मंत्री”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3722
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “मंत्री”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 565
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मंत्री”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 779
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “मंत्री”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 489.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin). Cognate with Gujarati મંત્રી (mantrī), Hindi मंत्री (mantrī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mən.t̪ɾi/, [mən.t̪ɾiː]

Noun

मंत्री • (mantrī) m

1. (government) minister

   मुख्यमंत्री

   mukhyamantrī

   chief minister

2. (chess) queen

Derived terms

• मुख्यमंत्री (mukhyamantrī, “chief minister”)

See also

Chess pieces in Marathi · बुद्धिबळातील सोंगट्या (buddhibḷātīl soṅgaṭyā) (layout · text)
राजा (rājā)	वजीर (vajīr), राणी (rāṇī), मंत्री (mantrī)	हत्ती (hattī)	उंट (uṇṭa)	घोडा (ghoḍā)	प्यादे (pyāde)

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin).

Noun

मंत्री • (maṃtrī) m

1. minister

Descendants

• Gujarati: મંત્રી (mantrī)