มนตรี
Thai
pron
Definitions
- (elegant) adviser; counsellor; consultant; secretary.
- (government) minister; senior public officer; high-ranking public officer.
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्री (adviser, counsellor, secretary, reciting mantra, one with mantra, one recite, one versed in mantra, consultant) derived from Old Khmer mantrī (king's counsellor minister).
Origin
Old Khmer
mantrī
Gloss
king's counsellor minister
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- मन्त्रिन् Sanskrit
- मन्त्री Sanskrit
- मन्त्रि Hindi
- คณะรัฐมนตรี Thai
- นายกรัฐมนตรี Thai
- รัฐ Thai
- รัฐมนตรี Thai
- mantī Pali
- នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី Central Khmer
- មន្ត្រី Central Khmer
- mantrī Old Khmer