मन्द्

Kolami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *maruntu. Cognate with Tamil மருந்து (maruntu), Telugu మందు (mandu), Malayalam മരുന്ന് (marunnŭ), Kannada ಮದ್ದು (maddu), Duruwa मेरुद (merud).

Noun

मन्द् (mand)

1. drug, medicine
2. insecticide

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মন্দ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মন্দ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မန္ဒ် (Burmese script)
• મન્દ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਨ੍ਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦤ꧀ꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮನ್ದ್ (Kannada script)
• មន្ទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ມນ຺ທ຺ (Lao script)
• മന്ദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠨᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠨᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମନ୍ଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මන්‍ද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩯 𑪙𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• மந்த்³ (Tamil script)
• మన్ద్ (Telugu script)
• มนฺทฺ (Thai script)
• མ་ནྡ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐnd/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐn̪d̪/

Etymology 1

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

Root

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

Derived terms

• अमन्दीत् (amandīt)
• अममन्दुः (amamanduḥ)
• मन्दति (mandati)
• मन्दते (mandate)
• मन्दत् (mandat)
• मन्दध्यै (mandadhyai)
• मन्दयति (mandayati)
• मन्दयध्यै (mandayadhyai)
• मन्दान (mandāna)
• मन्दिता (manditā)
• मन्दिषत् (mandiṣat)
• मन्दिषीमहि (mandiṣīmahi)
• मन्दिष्ट (mandiṣṭa)
• मन्दिष्यते (mandiṣyate)
• मन्दुस् (mandus)
• ममन्द (mamanda)

 

Etymology 2

From Etymology 1.

Root

मन्द् • (mand)

1. to tarry, stand still, pause

Derived terms

• अममन् (amaman)
• ममत्तन (mamattana)
• ममन्धि (mamandhi)

 

References

• 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