# मण्ड
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মণ্ড (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
* মণ্ড (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
* မဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
* મણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
* ਮਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
* ಮಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
* មណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
* ມຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
* മണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
* ମଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
* මණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
* மண்ட³ (Tamil script)
* మణ్డ (Telugu script)
* มณฺฑ (Thai script)
* མ་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐɳ.ɖɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmɐɳ.ɖɐ/

### Etymology 1

Probably of substrate origin; compare Tamil மண்டி (maṇṭi, “dregs”). Indo-European etymologies have been proposed, but are difficult to verify; compare Sanskrit मृज् (mṛj, “to wipe, purify”) and Lithuanian blandùs (“foggy; thick”).

#### Noun

मण्ड • (maṇḍá) stem, m
* scum of boiled rice
* the thick part of milk, cream
* the spirituous part of wine etc.; foam or froth; pith, essence; the "head"
* a frog
* ornament, decoration
* a measure of weight (=5 Māṣas)

##### Descendants

* Pali: maṇḍa, maṇḍaka
* Prakrit: 𑀫𑀀𑀟 (mam̐ḍa), 𑀫𑀀𑀟𑀸 (mam̐ḍā), 𑀫𑀀𑀟𑀻 (mam̐ḍī)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Gujarati: માંડો (mā̃ḍo), માડો (māḍo)
**** Hindustani:
    Hindi: मांड (māṇḍ), मांड़ (mā̃ṛ), मांडा (māṇḍā), मांड़ी (mā̃ṛī), माँड़ना (mā̃ṛnā)
    Urdu: مَاںڈ (mā̃ḍ), مَاںڑ (mā̃ṛ), مَاںڈَا (mā̃ḍā), مَاںڑِی (mā̃ṛī), مَاںڑنَا
**** Romani:
***** Carpathian Romani: maro
***** Lomavren: malav
***** Romani: maro
***** Romano-Greek: manró (“bread”)
***** Sinte Romani: maro
***** Vlax Romani: maro, mani̦o, mai̦o
** Dardic:
*** Dameli: man
*** Kalami: من (man)
*** Kashmiri: مۄنڈُ (mọ̆nḍụ)
*** Phalura: ماݨڈ (māṇḍ)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: মাৰ (mar)
**** Bengali: মাড়ি (maṛi)
**** Bihari: माँड़, मण्डा, माड़ा, माँढ़ा
***** Bhojpuri: माँड़ (mā̃ṛ)
***** Maithili: माड़ी (māṛī)
**** Odia: ମଣ୍ଡ (maṇḍa), ମଣ୍ଡା (maṇḍā), ମାଣ୍ଡୁଅ (māṇḍua)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Kumaoni: माना (mānā), माँड़ी (mā̃ṛī), माँण (mā̃ṇ)
**** Nepali: माँड (mā̃ḍ)
**** Western Pahari:
***** Bhadrawahi: मन्नि (mánni), मण्डो (maṇḍo)
** Southern:
*** Elu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: މަޑު (maḍu), މަޑޮ (maḍo)
**** Sinhalese: මඩ (maḍa)
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Marathi: मांडा (māṇḍā)
** Western:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Punjabi: mann, mannī, maṇḍā, maṇḍṇā
    Punjabi: ਮੰਨ, ਮੰਨੀ, ਮੰਡਾ, ਮੰਡਣਾ
    Punjabi: مَنّ, مَنِّی, مَݨڈَا, مَݨڈݨَا
***** Lahnda: من (mann)
****** Khetrani: ماݨ (māṇi)
**** Sindhi: mānī
    Devanagari script: मानी
    Arabic script: مَانِي

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil ஆமண்டம் (āmaṇṭam, “castor-oil plant”). Related to आमण्ड (āmaṇḍa, “castor-oil plant”).

#### Noun

मण्ड • (maṇḍa) stem, m
* the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis (a species of potherb)

##### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 775/2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 294
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 382-3
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 559-61
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press