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Where does “मंत्रिमंडल” come from?

मंत्रिमंडल (Hindi) comes from Hindi मंडल, from Sanskrit मण्डल, from Sanskrit -ल, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

मंत्रिमंडल (Hindi): cabinet

Definitions

  1. cabinet

Ancestry of “मंत्रिमंडल”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiमंडलdisc; ring, band; zone, district, division
2Sanskritमण्डलcircular, round; disk; anything round
3Sanskrit-ल—
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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