मन्

See also: -मन्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

म्ना (mnā)

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-Iranian *man-, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Pronunciation

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

Root

मन् • (man)

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

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मन् (0 c, 10 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मन् (14 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

मन्यते (mányate, Present)
मनुते (manuté, Present)
ममन्धि (mamandhi, Present)
मंस्यते (maṃsyate, Future)
मनिष्यते (maniṣyate, Future)
म्नास्यति (mnāsyati, Future)
मन्ता (mantā, Periphrastic Future)
मनिता (manitā, Periphrastic Future)
म्नाता (mnātā, Periphrastic Future)
अमत (ámata, Aorist)
अमंस्त (ámaṃsta, Aorist)
अमनिष्ट (ámaniṣṭa, Aorist)
मंसीष्ट (maṃsīṣṭa, Benedictive)
म्नायात् (mnāyāt, Benedictive)
म्नेयात् (mneyāt, Benedictive)
मेने (mene, Perfect)
मम्नौ (mamnáu, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

मन्यते (manyate, Passive)
मानयति (mānayati, Causative)
अमीमनत् (amīmanat, Causative Aorist)
मान्यते (mānyate, Passive of Causative)
मीमांसते (mīmāṃsate, Desiderative)
मिमंसते (mimaṃsate, Desiderative)
मिमनिषते (mimaniṣate, Desiderative)
अमीमांसिष्ट (ámīmāṃsiṣṭa, Desiderative Aorist)
मीमांस्यते (mīmāṃsyate, Desiderative Future)
मिमानयिषति (mimānayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)
मिमामिषते (mimāmiṣate, Desiderative of Desiderative)
मन्मन्यते (manmanyate, Intensive)
मन्मन्ति (manmanti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

मत (matá, Past Participle)
मन्त (mantá, Past Participle)
म्नात (mnātá, Past Participle)
मन्तुम् (mantum, Infinitive)
मन्तवे (mántave, Infinitive)
मन्तवै (mantavái, Infinitive)
मन्तोस् (mantos, Infinitive)
मत्वा (matvā́, Gerund)
मनित्वा (manitvā́, Gerund)
मत्य (matya, Gerund)
मन्य (manya, Gerund)
मन्तव्य (mantavyá, Gerundive)
मननीय (mananīya, Gerundive)
माननीय (mānanīya, Gerundive)
म्नातव्य (mnātavyá, Gerundive)
मिमानयिषु (mimānayiṣu, Desiderative Participle of Causative)

Derived Nominal Forms

मन (mana)
मना (manā́, “devotion, attachment, zeal, envy”)
मनस् (mánas, “mind”)
मनीषा (manīṣā́, “thought, intelligence, concept, prayer, wish”)́
मनु (mánu, “thought”)
मनुस् (mánus)
मनन (manána, “thoughtful, careful; thinking, reflection, reverence”)
मनना (mananā́, “thoughtfully, deliberately”)́
मति (matí, máti, “thought, idea, belief, mind, worship, memory”)
सुमति (sumati, “of good mind”)
मन्तु (mántu, “advisor, arbiter; counsel; understanding”)
मनोतृ (manótṛ, manotṛ́, “inventor, discoverer, disposer, manager”)
मन्तृ (mantṛ́, “thinker , adviser , counsellor”)
मन्त्र (mántra, “formula”)
मन्त्रिन् (mantrín, “minister, counselor, scholar”)
मन्त्रि (mantri, “minister, counselor, scholar”)
मन्मन् (mánman, “understanding, intellect, thought, prayer”)
मन्यु (manyú, “mind, mood, anger, spirit”)
माति (māti)
मान (mā́na, “opinion, conception, wish”)
मानक (mānaka)
मानिन् (mānin)
मान्य (mānya)
मानन (mānana)
मानुक (mānuka)
मुनि (múni)
मन्य (manya, “thinking oneself to be, passing for, appearing as”)
मन्यक (manyaka)
मीमांसा (mīmāṃsā́)
मीमांसक (mīmāṃsaka)
मीमांस्य (mīmāṃsya)
मानयितृ (mānayitṛ)
मानयितव्य (mānayitavya)
म्नान (mnāna)
म्नाय (mnāya)
मेधा (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”)
मनस (manasá, “mind, heart”)
मनस्क (manaská, “little mind; mental; mindful, attentive”)
मनस्यु (manasyú, “wishing, desiring”)
मनायु (manāyú, “zealous, devoted, desirous, praying”)
मनोजव (manojavá, “the speed or swiftness of thought”)
सुम्न (sumná, “benevolence, grace; devotion, prayer; peace”)

Prefixed Root Forms

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मन् (14 c, 0 e)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 783.
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, pages 305-306