मन्द

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

মন্দ (Assamese script)
ᬫᬦ᭄ᬤ (Balinese script)
মন্দ (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰡𑰿𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀤 (Brahmi script)
မန္ဒ (Burmese script)
મન્દ (Gujarati script)
ਮਨ੍ਦ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌦 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦤ꧀ꦢ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂠 (Kaithi script)
ಮನ್ದ (Kannada script)
មន្ទ (Khmer script)
ມນ຺ທ (Lao script)
മന്ദ (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᠨᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘡𑘿𑘟 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᠨᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧁𑧠𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐣𑑂𑐡 (Newa script)
ମନ୍ଦ (Odia script)
ꢪꢥ꣄ꢣ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆤𑇀𑆢 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖡𑖿𑖟 (Siddham script)
මන්‍ද (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩯 𑪙𑩭 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚝𑚶𑚛 (Takri script)
மந்த³ (Tamil script)
మన్ద (Telugu script)
มนฺท (Thai script)
མ་ནྡ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒢𑓂𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨝𑩇𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Perhaps related to मन्थर (manthara, “lazy, tardy”), with further origin uncertain.

Turner derives both words from a hypothetical root *मन्द् (mand, “to stand still”), itself perhaps a derivative of मन् (man, “to wait”) (whence अममन् (amaman, “had waited”)), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay, remain”); this "to wait" sense of मन् (man) is much less frequent than the "to think" sense in Sanskrit and does not show up in most dictionaries.

Similarity in semantics and phonetics with other words makes the case for a substrate borrowing very likely.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐn.dɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐn̪.d̪ɐ/

Noun

मन्द • (manda) stem, n

slow, tardy, moving slowly or softly, loitering, idle, lazy, sluggish in (loc. or comp.), apathetic, phlegmatic, indifferent to (dat.) MBh. Kāv. &c.
weak, slight, slack (as a bow), dull, faint (as light), low (as a voice), gentle (as rain or wind), feeble (as the digestive faculty) ib.
weak i.e. tolerant, indulgent to (loc.) MBh.
dull-witted, silly, stupid, foolish

Descendants

→ Old Marathi: मंद (maṃda)
- Marathi: मंद (manda)
→ Tamil: மந்தம் (mantam)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मन्द”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 787, column 3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 312
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 581