मन्द्

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Etymology 1[edit]

Phonetic variant of मद् (mad, to rejoice); see there for more.

Root[edit]

मन्द् (mand)

  1. to rejoice, be glad or delighted, be drunk or intoxicated
  2. to gladden, exhilarate, intoxicate, inflame, inspirit
  3. (dubious) to sleep
  4. to shine, be splendid or beautiful
  5. to praise or to go
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Etymology 1.

Root[edit]

मन्द् (mand)

  1. to tarry, stand still, pause
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References[edit]

  • Monier Williams (1899) “मन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 787/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 118
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 312