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

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)