-ਮੰਦ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ـمَند (-mand).

Suffix

-ਮੰਦ • (-mand)

1. Used to form adjectives from nouns with the sense of possessing the quality expressed by the noun.

   ‎ਫ਼ਿਕਰ (fikar, “worry”) + ‎-ਮੰਦ (-mand) → ‎ਫ਼ਿਕਰਮੰਦ (fikramand, “worried”)

   ‎ਅਕ਼ਲ (aqal, “intelligence”) + ‎-ਮੰਦ (-mand) → ‎ਅਕ਼ਲਮੰਦ (aqalmand, “intelligent”)

Antonyms

• -ਹੀਣ (-hīṇ)

Derived terms

Punjabi terms suffixed with -ਮੰਦ

Further reading

• “ਮੰਦ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024