मन्दिर

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

মন্দিৰ (Assamese script)
ᬫᬦ᭄ᬤᬶᬭ (Balinese script)
মন্দির (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰰𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀺𑀭 (Brahmi script)
မန္ဒိရ (Burmese script)
મન્દિર (Gujarati script)
ਮਨ੍ਦਿਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌦𑌿𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦤ꧀ꦢꦶꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂱𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಮನ್ದಿರ (Kannada script)
មន្ទិរ (Khmer script)
ມນ຺ທິຣ (Lao script)
മന്ദിര (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᠨᡩᡳᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘱𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᠨᢑᠢᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧒𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐣𑑂𑐡𑐶𑐬 (Newa script)
ମନ୍ଦିର (Odia script)
ꢪꢥ꣄ꢣꢶꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆤𑇀𑆢𑆴𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖰𑖨 (Siddham script)
මන්‍දිර (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩯 𑪙𑩭𑩑𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚮𑚤 (Takri script)
மந்தி³ர (Tamil script)
మన్దిర (Telugu script)
มนฺทิร (Thai script)
མ་ནྡི་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒱𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨁𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology edit

Of uncertain origin. Related to मन्दुरा (mandurā, “horse stable”), and, along with Ancient Greek μάνδρα (mándra, “enclosed space; barn”), perhaps borrowed from an unidentified third source. Turner derives both Sanskrit words from a hypothetical root *मन्द् (mand, “to stand still”), which also gives मन्द (manda, “slow, tardy”).

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐn.di.ɾɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐn̪.d̪i.ɾɐ/

Noun edit

मन्दिर • (mandira) stem, n

any waiting or abiding-place, habitation, dwelling, house, palace, temple, town, camp, etc.
a stable for horses
the body

Declension edit

Neuter a-stem declension of मन्दिर (mandira)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मन्दिरम् mandiram	मन्दिरे mandire	मन्दिराणि / मन्दिरा¹ mandirāṇi / mandirā¹
Vocative	मन्दिर mandira	मन्दिरे mandire	मन्दिराणि / मन्दिरा¹ mandirāṇi / mandirā¹
Accusative	मन्दिरम् mandiram	मन्दिरे mandire	मन्दिराणि / मन्दिरा¹ mandirāṇi / mandirā¹
Instrumental	मन्दिरेण mandireṇa	मन्दिराभ्याम् mandirābhyām	मन्दिरैः / मन्दिरेभिः¹ mandiraiḥ / mandirebhiḥ¹
Dative	मन्दिराय mandirāya	मन्दिराभ्याम् mandirābhyām	मन्दिरेभ्यः mandirebhyaḥ
Ablative	मन्दिरात् mandirāt	मन्दिराभ्याम् mandirābhyām	मन्दिरेभ्यः mandirebhyaḥ
Genitive	मन्दिरस्य mandirasya	मन्दिरयोः mandirayoḥ	मन्दिराणाम् mandirāṇām
Locative	मन्दिरे mandire	मन्दिरयोः mandirayoḥ	मन्दिरेषु mandireṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun edit

मन्दिर • (mandira) stem, m

the sea
the hollow or back of the knee

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of मन्दिर (mandira)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मन्दिरः mandiraḥ	मन्दिरौ / मन्दिरा¹ mandirau / mandirā¹	मन्दिराः / मन्दिरासः¹ mandirāḥ / mandirāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मन्दिर mandira	मन्दिरौ / मन्दिरा¹ mandirau / mandirā¹	मन्दिराः / मन्दिरासः¹ mandirāḥ / mandirāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मन्दिरम् mandiram	मन्दिरौ / मन्दिरा¹ mandirau / mandirā¹	मन्दिरान् mandirān
Instrumental	मन्दिरेण mandireṇa	मन्दिराभ्याम् mandirābhyām	मन्दिरैः / मन्दिरेभिः¹ mandiraiḥ / mandirebhiḥ¹
Dative	मन्दिराय mandirāya	मन्दिराभ्याम् mandirābhyām	मन्दिरेभ्यः mandirebhyaḥ
Ablative	मन्दिरात् mandirāt	मन्दिराभ्याम् mandirābhyām	मन्दिरेभ्यः mandirebhyaḥ
Genitive	मन्दिरस्य mandirasya	मन्दिरयोः mandirayoḥ	मन्दिराणाम् mandirāṇām
Locative	मन्दिरे mandire	मन्दिरयोः mandirayoḥ	मन्दिरेषु mandireṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Proper noun edit

मन्दिर • (mandira) stem, m

name of a gandharva

References edit

Monier Williams (1899) “मन्दिर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 788/2.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 388
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 582