Where does “मांडलिक” come from?

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

मांडलिक (Hindi): relating to a province

Definitions

  1. relating to a province

Ancestry of “मांडलिक”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritमाण्डलिकrelating to a province
2Sanskritमण्डलcircular, round; disk; anything round
3Sanskrit-लan adjectival or nominal suffix: relating to, belonging to, having, similar to, etc
4Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Sanskrit -ल →Every word from Sanskrit मण्डल →