Mandala

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mandala"

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Italian Mandalà, a surname predominantly found in Sicily.
• Borrowed from Telugu మండల (maṇḍala), a surname predominantly found in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Proper noun

Mandala (plural Mandalas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mandala is the 37792^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 588 individuals. Mandala is most common among White (67.35%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (23.98%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mandala”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 503.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मण्डल (máṇḍala).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmandala/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Mandala n (strong, genitive Mandalas, plural Mandalas)

1. mandala (geometric design)

Declension

Declension of Mandala [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Mandala	die	Mandalas
genitive	eines	des	Mandalas	der	Mandalas
dative	einem	dem	Mandala	den	Mandalas
accusative	ein	das	Mandala	die	Mandalas

Further reading

• “Mandala”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• Mandala on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de