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mantuṃ

sorgende, ratgebende Mutter

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What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. mäntu-

mäntu- m. Ratgeber, Rat, Adj. beratend (RV [in 10,32,4 mätä.. mäntuh etwa 'sorgende, ratgebende Mutter’); a-mantu- ohne Gedanken, ohne Verstand (RV; s.u.), su-mäntu- von gutem Angedenken (RV; Sü + N. pr.), dur-mantu- von üblem Angedenken (RV 10,12,6), u.a. - Iir., aav. mantu- m. Rat, Berater (X 33,4 "tum; 46,17 daprä °tu, s.o. I 712, mit Lit.). - Zu MAN'. Vgl. mäntav’ in Verbalnomina, o. II 305; AiGr II 2,663. - … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. mäntu-, p. 338]

2. مَنتُ

mantu m. an adviser, manager, disposer, ruler, arbiter, RV. (also as f. )

3. مَنتُ

a fault, offence, transgression, L.

4. مَنتُ

lord of men (= prajāpati), L.

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Where it came from

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. mantu (vol. 3, scan p. 744; entry #11487).

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