మనసు

Telugu

Alternative forms

మనస్సు (manassu)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मनस् (mánas, “mind, intellect, intelligence, understanding, perception, sense, conscience, will”). Cognate with Assamese মন (mon), Bengali মন (mon), Gujarati મન (man), Hindi मन (man), Kannada ಮನಸ್ಸು (manassu), Malayalam മനസ്സ് (manassŭ), Marathi मन (man), Punjabi ਮਨ (man), Tamil மனசு (maṉacu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manasu/

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Noun

మనసు • (manasu) n (plural మనసులు)

1. The internal organ of cognition, the intellect, understanding, mind.

   Synonyms: ఉల్లము (ullamu), మనము (manamu)

2. Inclination, wish, will, pleasure.

Adjective

మనసు • (manasu)

1. liking

References

• "మనసు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 951