मण्ड

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

মণ্ড (Assamese script)
ᬫᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
মণ্ড (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
မဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
મણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
ਮਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
ಮಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
មណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
ມຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
മണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
ମଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
ꢪꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
මණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
மண்ட³ (Tamil script)
మణ్డ (Telugu script)
มณฺฑ (Thai script)
མ་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐɳ.ɖɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐɳ.ɖɐ/

Etymology 1

Probably of substrate origin; compare Tamil மண்டி (maṇṭi, “dregs”). Indo-European etymologies have been proposed, but are difficult to verify; compare Sanskrit मृज् (mṛj, “to wipe, purify”) and Lithuanian blandùs (“foggy; thick”).

Noun

मण्ड • (maṇḍá) stem, m

scum of boiled rice
the thick part of milk, cream
the spirituous part of wine etc.; foam or froth; pith, essence; the "head"
a frog
ornament, decoration
a measure of weight (=5 Māṣas)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मण्ड (maṇḍá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मण्डः maṇḍáḥ	मण्डौ / मण्डा¹ maṇḍaú / maṇḍā́¹	मण्डाः / मण्डासः¹ maṇḍā́ḥ / maṇḍā́saḥ¹
Vocative	मण्ड máṇḍa	मण्डौ / मण्डा¹ máṇḍau / máṇḍā¹	मण्डाः / मण्डासः¹ máṇḍāḥ / máṇḍāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मण्डम् maṇḍám	मण्डौ / मण्डा¹ maṇḍaú / maṇḍā́¹	मण्डान् maṇḍā́n
Instrumental	मण्डेन maṇḍéna	मण्डाभ्याम् maṇḍā́bhyām	मण्डैः / मण्डेभिः¹ maṇḍaíḥ / maṇḍébhiḥ¹
Dative	मण्डाय maṇḍā́ya	मण्डाभ्याम् maṇḍā́bhyām	मण्डेभ्यः maṇḍébhyaḥ
Ablative	मण्डात् maṇḍā́t	मण्डाभ्याम् maṇḍā́bhyām	मण्डेभ्यः maṇḍébhyaḥ
Genitive	मण्डस्य maṇḍásya	मण्डयोः maṇḍáyoḥ	मण्डानाम् maṇḍā́nām
Locative	मण्डे maṇḍé	मण्डयोः maṇḍáyoḥ	मण्डेषु maṇḍéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: maṇḍa, maṇḍaka
Prakrit: 𑀫𑀀𑀟 (mam̐ḍa), 𑀫𑀀𑀟𑀸 (mam̐ḍā), 𑀫𑀀𑀟𑀻 (mam̐ḍī)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: માંડો (mā̃ḍo), માડો (māḍo)
    - Hindustani:
      Hindi: मांड (māṇḍ), मांड़ (mā̃ṛ), मांडा (māṇḍā), मांड़ी (mā̃ṛī), माँड़ना (mā̃ṛnā)
      
      Urdu: مَاںڈ (mā̃ḍ), مَاںڑ (mā̃ṛ), مَاںڈَا (mā̃ḍā), مَاںڑِی (mā̃ṛī), مَاںڑنَا
    - Romani:
      - Carpathian Romani: maro
      - Lomavren: malav
      - Romani: maro
      - Romano-Greek: manró (“bread”)
      - Sinte Romani: maro
      - Vlax Romani: maro, mani̦o, mai̦o
- Dardic:
  - Dameli: man
  - Kalami: من (man)
  - Kashmiri: مۄنڈُ (mọ̆nḍụ)
  - Phalura: ماݨڈ (māṇḍ)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: মাৰ (mar)
    - Bengali: মাড়ি (maṛi)
    - Bihari: माँड़, मण्डा, माड़ा, माँढ़ा
      - Bhojpuri: माँड़ (mā̃ṛ)
      - Maithili: माड़ी (māṛī)
    - Odia: ମଣ୍ଡ (maṇḍa), ମଣ୍ଡା (maṇḍā), ମାଣ୍ଡୁଅ (māṇḍua)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Kumaoni: माना (mānā), माँड़ी (mā̃ṛī), माँण (mā̃ṇ)
    - Nepali: माँड (mā̃ḍ)
    - Western Pahari:
      - Bhadrawahi: मन्नि (mánni), मण्डो (maṇḍo)
- Southern:
  - Elu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: މަޑު (maḍu), މަޑޮ (maḍo)
    - Sinhalese: මඩ (maḍa)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: मांडा (māṇḍā)
- Western:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Punjabi: mann, mannī, maṇḍā, maṇḍṇā
      Punjabi: ਮੰਨ, ਮੰਨੀ, ਮੰਡਾ, ਮੰਡਣਾ
      
      Punjabi: مَنّ, مَنِّی, مَݨڈَا, مَݨڈݨَا
      - Lahnda: من (mann)
        Khetrani: ماݨ (māṇi)
    - Sindhi: mānī
      Devanagari script: मानी
      
      Arabic script: مَانِي

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil ஆமண்டம் (āmaṇṭam, “castor-oil plant”). Related to आमण्ड (āmaṇḍa, “castor-oil plant”).

Noun

मण्ड • (maṇḍa) stem, m

the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis (a species of potherb)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मण्ड (maṇḍa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मण्डः maṇḍaḥ	मण्डौ / मण्डा¹ maṇḍau / maṇḍā¹	मण्डाः / मण्डासः¹ maṇḍāḥ / maṇḍāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मण्ड maṇḍa	मण्डौ / मण्डा¹ maṇḍau / maṇḍā¹	मण्डाः / मण्डासः¹ maṇḍāḥ / maṇḍāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मण्डम् maṇḍam	मण्डौ / मण्डा¹ maṇḍau / maṇḍā¹	मण्डान् maṇḍān
Instrumental	मण्डेन maṇḍena	मण्डाभ्याम् maṇḍābhyām	मण्डैः / मण्डेभिः¹ maṇḍaiḥ / maṇḍebhiḥ¹
Dative	मण्डाय maṇḍāya	मण्डाभ्याम् maṇḍābhyām	मण्डेभ्यः maṇḍebhyaḥ
Ablative	मण्डात् maṇḍāt	मण्डाभ्याम् maṇḍābhyām	मण्डेभ्यः maṇḍebhyaḥ
Genitive	मण्डस्य maṇḍasya	मण्डयोः maṇḍayoḥ	मण्डानाम् maṇḍānām
Locative	मण्डे maṇḍe	मण्डयोः maṇḍayoḥ	मण्डेषु maṇḍeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 775/2.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 294
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 382-3
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[3] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 559-61
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press