mandarijn
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˌmɑn.daːˈrɛi̯n/
noun
Definitions
- A mandarin, Far Eastern (notably Chinese Imperial) high official
- (figuratively) A pundit, someone in/with authority
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese mandarim (mandarin) derived from Malay menteri (minister) derived from Hindi मन्त्रि derived from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (councillor, minister).
Origin
Sanskrit
मन्त्रिन्
Gloss
councillor, minister
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mandarin English
- mandarin Hungarian
- Mandarijn Dutch, Flemish
- Mandarijns Dutch, Flemish
- mandorijn Dutch, Flemish
- taal Dutch, Flemish
- mandarine French
- mandarin Norwegian Bokmål
- mandarim Portuguese
- mandarin Norwegian Nynorsk
- मन्त्रिन् Sanskrit
- मन्त्रिन्, मन्त्री Sanskrit
- मन्त्री Sanskrit
- mandarin Danish
- मंत्री Hindi
- मन्त्रि Hindi
- mandarin Indonesian
- mandarīns Latvian
- menteri Malay
- perdana menteri Malay
- mantī Pali
- *mantrī́ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- மந்திரி Tamil
- മന്ത്രി Malayalam