mantri

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mantri (plural mantris)

  1. (India) A minister or high official.
    • 2024 February 27, Sureshkumar, “HC junks DMK mantri acquittal, orders retrial in 2012 graft”, in The Times of India[1]:

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Etymology[edit]

From Javanese ꦩꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦶ (mantri), from Old Javanese mantrī, mantri, from Sanskrit मन्त्री (mantrī). Doublet of mandarin, manti, and menteri.

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  • IPA(key): /mant(ə)ri/
  • Hyphenation: man‧tri

Noun[edit]

mantri (first-person possessive mantriku, second-person possessive mantrimu, third-person possessive mantrinya)

  1. position for special responsibility.
    Synonym: juru
  2. nurse.
    Synonym: juru rawat

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mantri

  1. Romanization of ꦩꦤ꧀ꦠꦿꦶ