मन्तु
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- mantu (Latin script)
- 𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- মন্তু (Bengali script)
- මන්තු (Sinhalese script)
- မန္တု or မၼ္တု or မၼ်တု (Burmese script)
- มนฺตุ or มันตุ (Thai script)
- ᨾᨶ᩠ᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
- ມນ຺ຕຸ or ມັນຕຸ (Lao script)
- មន្តុ (Khmer script)
- 𑄟𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)
Noun
मन्तु m
- Devanagari script form of mantu
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- মন্তু (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬦ᭄ᬢᬸ (Balinese script)
- মন্তু (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- မန္တု (Burmese script)
- મન્તુ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਨ੍ਤੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦤ꧀ꦠꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಮನ್ತು (Kannada script)
- មន្តុ (Khmer script)
- ມນ຺ຕຸ (Lao script)
- മന്തു (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᠨᢠᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠨᢐᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐸 (Newa script)
- ମନ୍ତୁ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢥ꣄ꢡꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖲 (Siddham script)
- මන්තු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚰 (Takri script)
- மந்து (Tamil script)
- మన్తు (Telugu script)
- มนฺตุ (Thai script)
- མ་ནྟུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cf. English mentor.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ́n.tu/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐn̪.t̪u/
Noun
मन्तु॑ • (mántu) stem, m
- an adviser, manager, disposer, ruler, arbiter
- advice, counsel
- a fault, offence, transgression
- a man, mankind
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मन्तुः॑ (mántuḥ) | मन्तू॑ (mántū) | मन्त॑वः (mántavaḥ) |
| accusative | मन्तु॑म् (mántum) | मन्तू॑ (mántū) | मन्तू॑न् (mántūn) |
| instrumental | मन्तु॑ना (mántunā) मन्त्वा॑¹ (mántvā¹) |
मन्तु॑भ्याम् (mántubhyām) | मन्तु॑भिः (mántubhiḥ) |
| dative | मन्त॑वे (mántave) | मन्तु॑भ्याम् (mántubhyām) | मन्तु॑भ्यः (mántubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मन्तोः॑ (mántoḥ) | मन्तु॑भ्याम् (mántubhyām) | मन्तु॑भ्यः (mántubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मन्तोः॑ (mántoḥ) | मन्त्वोः॑ (mántvoḥ) | मन्तू॑नाम् (mántūnām) |
| locative | मन्तौ॑ (mántau) | मन्त्वोः॑ (mántvoḥ) | मन्तु॑षु (mántuṣu) |
| vocative | मन्तो॑ (mánto) | मन्तू॑ (mántū) | मन्त॑वः (mántavaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: mantu
Noun
मन्तु॑ • (mántu) stem, f
- an adviser, manager, disposer, ruler, arbiter
- thought, understanding, intellect
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मन्तुः॑ (mántuḥ) | मन्तू॑ (mántū) | मन्त॑वः (mántavaḥ) |
| accusative | मन्तु॑म् (mántum) | मन्तू॑ (mántū) | मन्तूः॑ (mántūḥ) |
| instrumental | मन्त्वा॑ (mántvā) | मन्तु॑भ्याम् (mántubhyām) | मन्तु॑भिः (mántubhiḥ) |
| dative | मन्त॑वे (mántave) मन्त्वै॑¹ (mántvai¹) |
मन्तु॑भ्याम् (mántubhyām) | मन्तु॑भ्यः (mántubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मन्तोः॑ (mántoḥ) मन्त्वाः॑¹ (mántvāḥ¹) मन्त्वै॑² (mántvai²) |
मन्तु॑भ्याम् (mántubhyām) | मन्तु॑भ्यः (mántubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मन्तोः॑ (mántoḥ) मन्त्वाः॑¹ (mántvāḥ¹) मन्त्वै॑² (mántvai²) |
मन्त्वोः॑ (mántvoḥ) | मन्तू॑नाम् (mántūnām) |
| locative | मन्तौ॑ (mántau) मन्त्वा॑म्¹ (mántvām¹) |
मन्त्वोः॑ (mántvoḥ) | मन्तु॑षु (mántuṣu) |
| vocative | मन्तो॑ (mánto) | मन्तू॑ (mántū) | मन्त॑वः (mántavaḥ) |
- ¹Later Sanskrit
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मन्तु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 785, column 3.