मंत्री

मंत्री

See also: मित्र, मित्रो, मित्रा, मात्रा, मूत्र, and मित्रों

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mən.t̪ɾiː/, [mə̃n̪.t̪ɾiː]

Noun

मंत्री • (mantrī) m

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

Declension

Declension of मंत्री (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मंत्री mantrī	मंत्री mantrī
oblique	मंत्री mantrī	मंत्रियों mantriyõ
vocative	मंत्री mantrī	मंत्रियो mantriyo

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Marathi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mən.t̪ɾi/, [mən.t̪ɾiː]

Noun

मंत्री • (mantrī) m

1. (government) minister

   मुख्यमंत्री

   mukhyamantrī

   chief minister

2. (chess) queen

See also

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

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Old Gujarati

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin).

Noun

मंत्री • (maṃtrī) m

1. minister

Descendants

• Gujarati: મંત્રી (mantrī)