mandarim

Latin

Verb

mandārim

1. first-person singular perfect active subjunctive of mandō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.daˈɾĩ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.dɐˈɾĩ/

• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: man‧da‧rim

Etymology 1

From Malay menteri, manteri, from Hindi मन्त्रि (mantri), from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, “an agent suffix”).

Compare also bailarim, an alternative form of bailarino.

Nomen

mandarim m (plural mandarins)

1. mandarin (a high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire)
2. (uncountable) Mandarin (the official language of China and Taiwan)

   Synonym: chinês

   O mandarim é a língua mais falada do mundo.

   Mandarin is the world's most spoken language.

Descendants

• → Czech: mandarín
• → Danish: mandarin
• → Dutch: mandarijn
  • Afrikaans: mandaryn
  • → Latvian: mandarīns (or from Portuguese mandarim, or via another European language)
• → English: mandarin
  • → Irish: mandairín
• → Estonian: mandariin (or possibly from French mandarine)
• → French: mandarin
  • → Breton: mandarin
  • → Greek: μανδαρίνος (mandarínos)
• → French: mandarine ("mandarin orange”) (see there for further descendants)
• → German: Mandarin
  • → Hungarian: mandarin
• → Italian: mandarino
  • → Maltese: mandolin
  • → Turkish: mandalina
• → Latvian: mandarīns (or from Dutch mandarijn, or via another European language)
• → Macedonian: мандарин (mandarin)
• → Polish: mandaryn
• → Romanian: mandarin
• → Russian: мандарин (mandarin)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: мандарин
  • Latin script: mandarin
• → Spanish: mandarín
  • → Crimean Tatar: mandarin
• → Swedish: mandarin

Etymology 2

Clipping of diamante-mandarim.

Nomen

mandarim m (plural mandarins)

1. zebra finch