mandarin
Norwegian
noun-m1
Definitions
- uncountable Mandarin official language in China
- a mandarin (formerly) a Chinese official, (now) a bureaucrat
- fruit a mandarin or mandarin orange
Etymology
Derived from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (councillor, minister) derived from Malay menteri (minister) derived from Portuguese mandarim (mandarin).
Origin
Portuguese
mandarim
Gloss
mandarin
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mandarin English
- mandarin Hungarian
- mandarijn Dutch, Flemish
- mandorijn Dutch, Flemish
- mandarine French
- mandarim Portuguese
- mandarin Norwegian Nynorsk
- मन्त्रिन् Sanskrit
- मन्त्रिन्, मन्त्री Sanskrit
- मन्त्री Sanskrit
- mandarin Danish
- मंत्री Hindi
- मन्त्रि Hindi
- mandarin Indonesian
- menteri Malay
- perdana menteri Malay
- mantī Pali
- *mantrī́ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- மந்திரி Tamil
- മന്ത്രി Malayalam