मण्ड

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মণ্ড (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
• মণ্ড (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• မဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
• મણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
• មណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
• ມຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
• മണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
• ମଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
• මණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
• மண்ட³ (Tamil script)
• మణ్డ (Telugu script)
• มณฺฑ (Thai script)
• མ་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐɳ.ɖɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐɳ.ɖɐ/

Etymology 1

Probably of substrate origin; compare Tamil மண்டி (maṇṭi, “dregs”). Indo-European etymologies have been proposed, but are difficult to verify; compare Sanskrit मृज् (mṛj, “to wipe, purify”) and Lithuanian blandùs (“foggy; thick”).

Noun

मण्ड • (maṇḍá) stem, m

1. scum of boiled rice
2. the thick part of milk, cream
3. the spirituous part of wine etc.; foam or froth; pith, essence; the "head"
4. a frog
5. ornament, decoration
6. a measure of weight (=5 Māṣas)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मण्ड (maṇḍá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मण्डः maṇḍáḥ	मण्डौ / मण्डा¹ maṇḍaú / maṇḍā́¹	मण्डाः / मण्डासः¹ maṇḍā́ḥ / maṇḍā́saḥ¹
Vocative	मण्ड máṇḍa	मण्डौ / मण्डा¹ máṇḍau / máṇḍā¹	मण्डाः / मण्डासः¹ máṇḍāḥ / máṇḍāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मण्डम् maṇḍám	मण्डौ / मण्डा¹ maṇḍaú / maṇḍā́¹	मण्डान् maṇḍā́n
Instrumental	मण्डेन maṇḍéna	मण्डाभ्याम् maṇḍā́bhyām	मण्डैः / मण्डेभिः¹ maṇḍaíḥ / maṇḍébhiḥ¹
Dative	मण्डाय maṇḍā́ya	मण्डाभ्याम् maṇḍā́bhyām	मण्डेभ्यः maṇḍébhyaḥ
Ablative	मण्डात् maṇḍā́t	मण्डाभ्याम् maṇḍā́bhyām	मण्डेभ्यः maṇḍébhyaḥ
Genitive	मण्डस्य maṇḍásya	मण्डयोः maṇḍáyoḥ	मण्डानाम् maṇḍā́nām
Locative	मण्डे maṇḍé	मण्डयोः maṇḍáyoḥ	मण्डेषु maṇḍéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: maṇḍa, maṇḍaka
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀀𑀟 (mam̐ḍa), 𑀫𑀀𑀟𑀸 (mam̐ḍā), 𑀫𑀀𑀟𑀻 (mam̐ḍī)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gujarati: માંડો (mā̃ḍo), માડો (māḍo)
      • Hindustani: mā̃ḍ, mā̃ṛ, mā̃ḍā, mā̃ṛī, mā̃ṛnā

        Hindi: मांड, मांड़, मांडा, मांड़ी, माँड़ना

        Urdu: مَاںڈ, مَاںڑ, مَاںڈَا, مَاںڑِی, مَاںڑنَا

      • Romani: maro
        • Carpathian Romani: maro
        • Lomavren: malav
        • Romani Greek: manró (“bread”)
        • Sinte Romani: maro
        • Vlax Romani: maro, mani̦o, mai̦o
  • Dardic:
    • Dameli: man
    • Kalami: من (man)
    • Kashmiri: مۄنڈُ (mọ̆nḍụ)
    • Phalura: ماݨڈ (māṇḍ)
  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Assamese: মাৰ (mar)
      • Bengali: মাড়ি (maṛi)
      • Bihari: माँड़, मण्डा, माड़ा, माँढ़ा
        • Bhojpuri: माँड़ (mā̃ṛ)
        • Maithili: माड़ी (māṛī)
      • Odia: ମଣ୍ଡ (môṇḍô), ମଣ୍ଡା (môṇḍa), ମାଣ୍ଡୁଅ (maṇḍuô)
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Kumaoni: माना (mānā), माँड़ी (mā̃ṛī), माँण (mā̃ṇ)
      • Nepali: माँड (mā̃ḍ)
      • Western Pahari:
        • Bhadrawahi: मन्नि (mánni), मण्डो (maṇḍo)
  • Southern:
    • Elu Prakrit:
      • Dhivehi: މަޑު (maḍu), މަޑޮ (maḍo)
      • Sinhalese: මඩ (maḍa)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: माँडा (mŏṇḍā)
  • Western:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Punjabi: mann, mannī, maṇḍā, maṇḍṇā

        Punjabi: ਮੰਨ, ਮੰਨੀ, ਮੰਡਾ, ਮੰਡਣਾ

        Punjabi: مَنّ, مَنِّی, مَݨڈَا, مَݨڈݨَا

        • Lahnda: من (mann)
          • Khetrani: ماݨ (māṇi)
      • Sindhi: mānī

        Devanagari script: मानी

        Arabic script: مَانِي

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil ஆமண்டம் (āmaṇṭam, “castor-oil plant”). Related to आमण्ड (āmaṇḍa, “castor-oil plant”).

Noun

मण्ड • (maṇḍa) stem, m

1. the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis (a species of potherb)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मण्ड (maṇḍa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मण्डः maṇḍaḥ	मण्डौ / मण्डा¹ maṇḍau / maṇḍā¹	मण्डाः / मण्डासः¹ maṇḍāḥ / maṇḍāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मण्ड maṇḍa	मण्डौ / मण्डा¹ maṇḍau / maṇḍā¹	मण्डाः / मण्डासः¹ maṇḍāḥ / maṇḍāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मण्डम् maṇḍam	मण्डौ / मण्डा¹ maṇḍau / maṇḍā¹	मण्डान् maṇḍān
Instrumental	मण्डेन maṇḍena	मण्डाभ्याम् maṇḍābhyām	मण्डैः / मण्डेभिः¹ maṇḍaiḥ / maṇḍebhiḥ¹
Dative	मण्डाय maṇḍāya	मण्डाभ्याम् maṇḍābhyām	मण्डेभ्यः maṇḍebhyaḥ
Ablative	मण्डात् maṇḍāt	मण्डाभ्याम् maṇḍābhyām	मण्डेभ्यः maṇḍebhyaḥ
Genitive	मण्डस्य maṇḍasya	मण्डयोः maṇḍayoḥ	मण्डानाम् maṇḍānām
Locative	मण्डे maṇḍe	मण्डयोः maṇḍayoḥ	मण्डेषु maṇḍeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 775/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 294
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 382-3
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 559-61
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press