मन्

See also: -मन्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• म्ना (mnā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မန် (Burmese script)
• મન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೝ (Kannada script)
• មន៑ (Khmer script)
• ມນ຺ (Lao script)
• മന് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• மந் (Tamil script)
• మౝ (Telugu script)
• มนฺ (Thai script)
• མ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *man-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *man-, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“think”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐn̪/

Root

मन् • (man)

1. to think, believe, suppose
2. to remember (especially of forms with mnā-)

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• मन्य॑ते (mányate, present)
• म॒नु॒ते (manuté, present)
• ममन्धि (mamandhi, present)
• मंस्यते (maṃsyate, future)
• मनिष्यते (maniṣyate, future)
• मन्ता (mantā, periphrastic future)
• मनिता (manitā, periphrastic future)
• अम॑त (ámata, aorist)
• अमं॑स्त (ámaṃsta, aorist)
• अम॑निष्ट (ámaniṣṭa, aorist)
• मंसीष्ट (maṃsīṣṭa, benedictive)
• मेने (mene, perfect)

Secondary forms

• मन्यते (manyate, present passive)
• मानयति (mānayati, causative)
• अमीमनत् (amīmanat, causative aorist)
• मीमांसते (mīmāṃsate, desiderative)
• मिमंसते (mimaṃsate, desiderative)
• मिमनिषते (mimaniṣate, desiderative)
• मीमांस्यते (mīmāṃsyate, desiderative future)
• अमी॑मांसिष्ट (ámīmāṃsiṣṭa, desiderative aorist)
• मिमानयिषति (mimānayiṣati, desiderative of causative)
• मीमांसिषते (mīmāṃsiṣate, desiderative of desiderative)
• मन्मन्यते (manmanyate, intensive)
• मन्मन्ति (manmanti, intensive)

Non-finite forms

• म॒त (matá, past passive participle)
• म॒न्त (mantá, past passive participle)
• म्ना॒त (mnātá, past passive participle)
• मन्तुम् (mantum, infinitive)
• मन्त॑वे (mántave, infinitive)
• म॒न्त॒वै (mantavái, infinitive)
• मन्तोस् (mantos, infinitive)
• म॒त्वा (matvā́, gerund)
• म॒नि॒त्वा (manitvā́, gerund)
• मत्य (matya, gerund)
• मन्य (manya, gerund)
• मान्य (mānya, gerundive)
• म॒न्त॒व्य॑ (mantavyà, gerundive)
• मननीय (mananīya, gerundive)
• माननीय (mānanīya, gerundive)
• म्ना॒त॒व्य॑ (mnātavyà, gerundive)
• मानयितव्य (mānayitavya, causative gerundive)
• मिमानयिषु (mimānayiṣu, desiderative participle of causative)

Derived nominal forms

• मन (mana)
• म॒ना (manā́, “devotion, attachment, zeal, envy”)
• मन॑स् (mánas, “mind”)
• म॒नी॒षा (manīṣā́, “thought, intelligence, concept, prayer, wish”)
• मनु॑ (mánu, “thought”)
• मनु॑स् (mánus)
• म॒नन॑ (manána, “thoughtful, careful; thinking, reflection, reverence”)
• म॒न॒ना (mananā́, “thoughtfully, deliberately”)
• मति (matí, máti, “thought, idea, belief, mind, worship, memory”)
• मन्तु॑ (mántu, “advisor, arbiter; counsel; understanding”)
• मनोतृ (manótṛ, manotṛ́, “inventor, discoverer, disposer, manager”)
• म॒न्तृ (mantṛ́, “thinker, adviser, counsellor”)
• मन्त्र॑ (mántra, “formula”)
• म॒न्त्रिन् (mantrín, “minister, counselor, scholar”)
• मन्त्रि (mantri, “minister, counselor, scholar”)
• मन्म॑न् (mánman, “understanding, intellect, thought, prayer”)
• म॒न्यु (manyú, “mind, mood, anger, spirit”)
• माति (māti)
• मान (mā́na, “opinion, conception, wish”)
• मानक (mānaka)
• मानिन् (mānin)
• मानन (mānana)
• मानुक (mānuka)
• मुनि॑ (múni)
• मन्य (manya, “thinking oneself to be, passing for, appearing as”)
• मन्यक (manyaka)
• मी॒मां॒सा (mīmāṃsā́)
• मीमांसक (mīmāṃsaka)
• मीमांस्य (mīmāṃsya)
• मानयितृ (mānayitṛ)
• म्नान (mnāna)
• म्नाय (mnāya)
• मे॒धा (medhā́, “wisdom, intelligence”)
• मन्धातृ (mandhātṛ́, “a thoughtful or pious man”)
• मन्वन्तर (manvantara, “period or age of a Manu”)
• मन्युमी (manyumī́, “destroying hostile fury”)
• मनान (manāná, “pious, devout”)
• मनायु (manāyú, “zealous, devoted, desirous, praying”)
• सुम्न (sumná, “benevolence, grace; devotion, prayer; peace”)

Prefixed root forms

• अतिमन् (atiman)
• अधिमन् (adhiman)
• अनुमन् (anuman)
• अवमन् (avaman)
• आमन् (āman)
• निमन् (niman)
• परिमन् (pariman)
• प्रतिमन् (pratiman)
• विमन् (viman)
• सम्मन् (samman)
• आम्ना (āmnā)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मन् (0 c, 17 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मन् (15 c, 0 e)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मन् (15 c, 0 e)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 783, column 1.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 118