# मन्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* म्ना (mnā)

### Alternative scripts

* মন্ (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
* মন্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* မန် (Burmese script)
* મન્ (Gujarati script)
* ਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಮೝ (Kannada script)
* មន៑ (Khmer script)
* ມນ຺ (Lao script)
* മന് (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
* ମନ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
* මන් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
* மந் (Tamil script)
* మౝ (Telugu script)
* มนฺ (Thai script)
* མ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *man-, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐn/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /mɐn̪/

### Root

मन् • (man)
* to think, believe, suppose
* to remember (especially of forms with mnā-)

#### Derived terms

* मन्यते (mányate, Present)
* मनुते (manuté, Present)
* ममन्धि (mamandhi, Present)
* मंस्यते (maṃsyate, Future)
* मनिष्यते (maniṣyate, Future)
* म्नास्यति (mnāsyati, Future)
* मन्ता (mantā, Periphrastic Future)
* मनिता (manitā, Periphrastic Future)
* म्नाता (mnātā, Periphrastic Future)
* अमत (ámata, Aorist)
* अमंस्त (ámaṃsta, Aorist)
* अमनिष्ट (ámaniṣṭa, Aorist)
* मंसीष्ट (maṃsīṣṭa, Benedictive)
* म्नायात् (mnāyāt, Benedictive)
* म्नेयात् (mneyāt, Benedictive)
* मेने (mene, Perfect)
* मम्नौ (mamnáu, Perfect)
* मन्यते (manyate, Passive)
* मानयति (mānayati, Causative)
* अमीमनत् (amīmanat, Causative Aorist)
* मान्यते (mānyate, Passive of Causative)
* मीमांसते (mīmāṃsate, Desiderative)
* मिमंसते (mimaṃsate, Desiderative)
* मिमनिषते (mimaniṣate, Desiderative)
* अमीमांसिष्ट (ámīmāṃsiṣṭa, Desiderative Aorist)
* मीमांस्यते (mīmāṃsyate, Desiderative Future)
* मिमानयिषति (mimānayiṣati, Desiderative of Causative)
* मिमामिषते (mimāmiṣate, Desiderative of Desiderative)
* मन्मन्यते (manmanyate, Intensive)
* मन्मन्ति (manmanti, Intensive)
* मत (matá, Past Participle)
* मन्त (mantá, Past Participle)
* म्नात (mnātá, Past Participle)
* मन्तुम् (mantum, Infinitive)
* मन्तवे (mántave, Infinitive)
* मन्तवै (mantavái, Infinitive)
* मन्तोस् (mantos, Infinitive)
* मत्वा (matvā́, Gerund)
* मनित्वा (manitvā́, Gerund)
* मत्य (matya, Gerund)
* मन्य (manya, Gerund)
* मन्तव्य (mantavyá, Gerundive)
* मननीय (mananīya, Gerundive)
* माननीय (mānanīya, Gerundive)
* म्नातव्य (mnātavyá, Gerundive)
* मिमानयिषु (mimānayiṣu, Desiderative Participle of Causative)
* मन (mana)
* मना (manā́, “devotion, attachment, zeal, envy”)
* मनस् (mánas, “mind”)
* मनीषा (manīṣā́, “thought, intelligence, concept, prayer, wish”)́
* मनु (mánu, “thought”)
* मनुस् (mánus)
* मनन (manána, “thoughtful, careful; thinking, reflection, reverence”)
* मनना (mananā́, “thoughtfully, deliberately”)́
* मति (matí, máti, “thought, idea, belief, mind, worship, memory”)
* सुमति (sumati, “of good mind”)
* मन्तु (mántu, “advisor, arbiter; counsel; understanding”)
* मनोतृ (manótṛ, manotṛ́, “inventor, discoverer, disposer, manager”)
* मन्तृ (mantṛ́, “thinker , adviser , counsellor”)
* मन्त्र (mántra, “formula”)
* मन्त्रिन् (mantrín, “minister, counselor, scholar”)
* मन्त्रि (mantri, “minister, counselor, scholar”)
* मन्मन् (mánman, “understanding, intellect, thought, prayer”)
* मन्यु (manyú, “mind, mood, anger, spirit”)
* माति (māti)
* मान (mā́na, “opinion, conception, wish”)
* मानक (mānaka)
* मानिन् (mānin)
* मान्य (mānya)
* मानन (mānana)
* मानुक (mānuka)
* मुनि (múni)
* मन्य (manya, “thinking oneself to be, passing for, appearing as”)
* मन्यक (manyaka)
* मीमांसा (mīmāṃsā́)
* मीमांसक (mīmāṃsaka)
* मीमांस्य (mīmāṃsya)
* मानयितृ (mānayitṛ)
* मानयितव्य (mānayitavya)
* म्नान (mnāna)
* म्नाय (mnāya)
* मेधा (medhā́, “wisdom, intelligence”)
* मन्धातृ (mandhātṛ́, “a thoughtful or pious man”)
* मन्वन्तर (manvantara, “period or age of a Manu”)
* मन्युमी (manyumī́, “destroying hostile fury”)
* मनान (manāná, “pious, devout”)
* मनस (manasá, “mind, heart”)
* मनस्क (manaská, “little mind; mental; mindful, attentive”)
* मनस्यु (manasyú, “wishing, desiring”)
* मनायु (manāyú, “zealous, devoted, desirous, praying”)
* मनोजव (manojavá, “the speed or swiftness of thought”)
* सुम्न (sumná, “benevolence, grace; devotion, prayer; peace”)
* अतिमन् (atiman)
* अधिमन् (adhiman)
* अनुमन् (anuman)
* अवमन् (avaman)
* आमन् (āman)
* निमन् (niman)
* परिमन् (pariman)
* प्रतिमन् (pratiman)
* विमन् (viman)
* सम्मन् (samman)
* आम्ना (āmnā)

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 783.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 118
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 305-306