مندر

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مندر (minder, “cushion”).

Noun

مندر (mandar)

1. cushion
2. mattress
3. mat

Synonyms

• دوشك (došak)
• فراش (furaš)

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

مندر • (minder)

1. cushion
2. mat
3. mattress
4. sofa, settee
5. divan (furniture)

Descendants

• Turkish: minder
• → Albanian: minder
• → Bulgarian: миндер (minder)
• → Iraqi Arabic: مندر
• → Macedonian: миндер (minder)
• → Romanian: mindir
• → Serbo-Croatian: minder / миндер

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्दिर (mandira).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mən.d̪ɪɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɪɾ

Noun

مَنْدِر • (mandir) m (Hindi spelling मंदिर)

1. (chiefly) a Hindu temple
2. (loosely, polytheism) temple, place or house of worship

Declension

Declension of مندر
	singular	plural
direct	مندر (mandir)	مندر (mandir)
oblique	مندر (mandir)	مندروں (mandirō̃)
vocative	مندر (mandir)	مندرو (mandirō)

Synonyms

• مٹھ (maṭh)

References

• “مندر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مندر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.