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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin). Cognate with Gujarati મંત્રી (mantrī), Marathi मंत्री (mantrī).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mən.t̪ɾiː/, [mɐ̃n̪.t̪ɾiː]

Noun

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मंत्री (mantrīm

  1. (government) head
    1. minister
    2. chief
    3. commander
  2. (chess) queen

Declension

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin). Cognate with Gujarati મંત્રી (mantrī), Hindi मंत्री (mantrī).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mən.t̪ɾi/, [mən.t̪ɾiː]

Noun

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मंत्री (mantrīm

  1. (government) minister
    मुख्यमंत्री
    mukhyamantrī
    chief minister
  2. (chess) queen

Derived terms

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See also

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Chess pieces in Marathi · बुद्धिबळातील सोंगट्या (buddhibḷātīl soṅgaṭyā) (layout · text)
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राजा (rājā) वजीर (vajīr),
राणी (rāṇī), मंत्री (mantrī)
हत्ती (hattī) उंट (uṇṭa) घोडा (ghoḍā) प्यादे (pyāde)

Old Gujarati

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin).

Noun

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मंत्री (maṃtrīm

  1. minister

Descendants

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  • Gujarati: મંત્રી (mantrī)