"mántras" meaning in Proto-Indo-Iranian

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántras From *man- (“to think”, from Proto-Indo-European *men-) + *-tras (masculine variant of more common neuter *-tram, from Proto-Indo-European *-trom). Etymology templates: {{root|iir-pro|ine-pro|*men-|id=think}}, {{etymon|iir-pro|af|ine-pro>*men->think|ine-pro>*-trom>tool noun|afeq|*man->think|id=meditation|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántras, {{m+|ine-pro|*men-}} Proto-Indo-European *men-, {{m+|ine-pro|*-trom}} Proto-Indo-European *-trom, {{suf|iir-pro|*man-|*-tras|pos1=from Proto-Indo-European <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*men-</i>|pos2=masculine variant of more common neuter <i class="Latn mention" lang="iir-pro">*-tram</i>, from Proto-Indo-European <i class="Latn mention" lang="ine-pro">*-trom</i>|t1=to think}} *man- (“to think”, from Proto-Indo-European *men-) + *-tras (masculine variant of more common neuter *-tram, from Proto-Indo-European *-trom) Head templates: {{head|iir-pro|noun|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|head5=}} *mántras m, {{tlb|iir-pro|religion}} (religion) Inflection templates: {{iir-decl-noun}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], mántras [nominative, singular], mántrā [dual, nominative], mántrāw [dual, nominative], mántrās [nominative, plural], mántrāsas [nominative, plural], mántra [singular, vocative], mántrā [dual, vocative], mántrāw [dual, vocative], mántrās [plural, vocative], mántrāsas [plural, vocative], mántram [accusative, singular], mántrā [accusative, dual], mántrāw [accusative, dual], mántrāns [accusative, plural], mántraH [instrumental, singular], mántraybʰyā [dual, instrumental], mántraybʰyām [dual, instrumental], mántrāyš [instrumental, plural], mántrāt [ablative, singular], mántraybʰyā [ablative, dual], mántraybʰyām [ablative, dual], mántraybʰyas [ablative, plural], mántrāy [dative, singular], mántraybʰyā [dative, dual], mántraybʰyām [dative, dual], mántraybʰyas [dative, plural], mántrasya [genitive, singular], mántrayās [dual, genitive], mántrānaHam [genitive, plural], mántray [locative, singular], mántrayaw [dual, locative], mántrayšu [locative, plural]
  1. meditation, chanting Tags: masculine, reconstruction Related terms: mányatay, mánas, matíš
    Sense id: en-mántras-iir-pro-noun-tbRpvMff Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Indo-Iranian entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs, Proto-Indo-Iranian entries with etymology trees, Proto-Indo-Iranian entries with incorrect language header, Proto-Indo-Iranian terms suffixed with *-tras, Proto-Indo-Iranian terms suffixed with *-trom Topics: lifestyle, religion Derived forms (Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)): 𐫖 [Manichaean, character], 𐫀 [Manichaean, character], 𐫡 [Manichaean, character], 𐫏 [Manichaean, character], 𐫃 [Manichaean, character], m [Manichaean, character], ʾ [Manichaean, character], r [Manichaean, character], y [Manichaean, character], g [Manichaean, character], 𐫍 [Manichaean, character], h [Manichaean, character] Derived forms (Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mántrakā́ra): मन्त्रकार (mántrakāra) (english: reciter, incantator) [Sanskrit] Derived forms (Proto-Iranian: *mánθra-kā́rah): → Aghwan: 𐕌𐔰𐕙𐕘𐔰𐕛𐔴𐕎 (marġaven) (english: prophet), → Old Armenian: մարգարէArmenian: մարգարե (margare) (english: prophet), → Classical Persian: مارگر (mārgar) (english: incantator) Derived forms (Sogdian: (/⁠mārkarē(k)⁠/, “soothsayer”); Sogdian script): 𐼺, 𐼰, 𐽀, 𐼸, 𐼷, m, ʾ, r, k, y
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  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "Proto-Indo-Aryan",
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          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Book Pahlavi script",
                  "lang_code": "pal-Latn",
                  "word": "mʾnsl"
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                      "lang_code": "fa",
                      "roman": "mantar",
                      "sense": "wondering",
                      "word": "منتر"
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                      "sense": "spell; charm",
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          "lang": "Avestan",
          "lang_code": "ae",
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          ],
          "roman": "mąθra",
          "word": "𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀"
        },
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              "lang": "Arabic script",
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              "word": "مؤتر"
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              "word": "мутр"
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          "roman": "marə́j",
          "sense": "talisman;charm",
          "word": "مرۍ"
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                {
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "mántrāsas",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "mántram",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "mántrāw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "mántrāns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mántraH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántraybʰyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántraybʰyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
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    {
      "form": "mántrāyš",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mántrāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "mántraybʰyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mántraybʰyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "mántraybʰyas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "mántrāy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántraybʰyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
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    {
      "form": "mántraybʰyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
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      "form": "mántraybʰyas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrasya",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "mántrānaHam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "mántray",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "mántrayaw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "mántrayšu",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "head4": "",
        "head5": ""
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  "lang": "Proto-Indo-Iranian",
  "lang_code": "iir-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mántras",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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          "english": "reciter, incantator",
          "roman": "mántrakāra",
          "sense": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mántrakā́ra",
          "tags": [
            "Sanskrit"
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          "word": "मन्त्रकार"
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          "sense": "Sogdian: (/⁠mārkarē(k)⁠/, “soothsayer”); Sogdian script",
          "word": "𐼺"
        },
        {
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          "word": "𐼰"
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          "word": "𐽀"
        },
        {
          "qualifier": "Sogdian script",
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          "word": "𐼸"
        },
        {
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          "word": "𐼷"
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        {
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          "word": "𐫡"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
          "tags": [
            "Manichaean",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𐫏"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
          "tags": [
            "Manichaean",
            "character"
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          "word": "𐫃"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
          "tags": [
            "Manichaean",
            "character"
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        {
          "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
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            "Manichaean",
            "character"
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          "word": "ʾ"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
          "tags": [
            "Manichaean",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "r"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
          "tags": [
            "Manichaean",
            "character"
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          "word": "y"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
          "tags": [
            "Manichaean",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "g"
        },
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          "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
          "tags": [
            "Manichaean",
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "𐫍"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
          "tags": [
            "Manichaean",
            "character"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "english": "prophet",
          "roman": "marġaven",
          "sense": "Proto-Iranian: *mánθra-kā́rah",
          "translation": "prophet",
          "word": "→ Aghwan: 𐕌𐔰𐕙𐕘𐔰𐕛𐔴𐕎"
        },
        {
          "english": "prophet",
          "roman": "margare",
          "sense": "Proto-Iranian: *mánθra-kā́rah",
          "translation": "prophet",
          "word": "→ Old Armenian: մարգարէArmenian: մարգարե"
        },
        {
          "english": "incantator",
          "roman": "mārgar",
          "sense": "Proto-Iranian: *mánθra-kā́rah",
          "translation": "incantator",
          "word": "→ Classical Persian: مارگر"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meditation, chanting"
      ],
      "id": "en-mántras-iir-pro-noun-tbRpvMff",
      "links": [
        [
          "meditation",
          "meditation"
        ],
        [
          "chanting",
          "chanting"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "mányatay"
        },
        {
          "word": "mánas"
        },
        {
          "word": "matíš"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mántras"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "reciter, incantator",
      "roman": "mántrakāra",
      "sense": "Proto-Indo-Aryan: *mántrakā́ra",
      "tags": [
        "Sanskrit"
      ],
      "translation": "reciter, incantator",
      "word": "मन्त्रकार"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Sogdian script",
      "sense": "Sogdian: (/⁠mārkarē(k)⁠/, “soothsayer”); Sogdian script",
      "word": "𐼺"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Sogdian script",
      "sense": "Sogdian: (/⁠mārkarē(k)⁠/, “soothsayer”); Sogdian script",
      "word": "𐼰"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Sogdian script",
      "sense": "Sogdian: (/⁠mārkarē(k)⁠/, “soothsayer”); Sogdian script",
      "word": "𐽀"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Sogdian script",
      "sense": "Sogdian: (/⁠mārkarē(k)⁠/, “soothsayer”); Sogdian script",
      "word": "𐼸"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Sogdian script",
      "sense": "Sogdian: (/⁠mārkarē(k)⁠/, “soothsayer”); Sogdian script",
      "word": "𐼷"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Sogdian script",
      "sense": "Sogdian: (/⁠mārkarē(k)⁠/, “soothsayer”); Sogdian script",
      "word": "m"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Sogdian script",
      "sense": "Sogdian: (/⁠mārkarē(k)⁠/, “soothsayer”); Sogdian script",
      "word": "ʾ"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Sogdian script",
      "sense": "Sogdian: (/⁠mārkarē(k)⁠/, “soothsayer”); Sogdian script",
      "word": "r"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Sogdian script",
      "sense": "Sogdian: (/⁠mārkarē(k)⁠/, “soothsayer”); Sogdian script",
      "word": "k"
    },
    {
      "qualifier": "Sogdian script",
      "sense": "Sogdian: (/⁠mārkarē(k)⁠/, “soothsayer”); Sogdian script",
      "word": "y"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
      "tags": [
        "Manichaean",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𐫖"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
      "tags": [
        "Manichaean",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𐫀"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
      "tags": [
        "Manichaean",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𐫡"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
      "tags": [
        "Manichaean",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𐫏"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
      "tags": [
        "Manichaean",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𐫃"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
      "tags": [
        "Manichaean",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "m"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
      "tags": [
        "Manichaean",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "ʾ"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
      "tags": [
        "Manichaean",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "r"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
      "tags": [
        "Manichaean",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "y"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
      "tags": [
        "Manichaean",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "g"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
      "tags": [
        "Manichaean",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "𐫍"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Parthian: (/⁠mahrīgar ~ mārigar⁠/, “sorcerer, incantator”)",
      "tags": [
        "Manichaean",
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "h"
    },
    {
      "english": "prophet",
      "roman": "marġaven",
      "sense": "Proto-Iranian: *mánθra-kā́rah",
      "translation": "prophet",
      "word": "→ Aghwan: 𐕌𐔰𐕙𐕘𐔰𐕛𐔴𐕎"
    },
    {
      "english": "prophet",
      "roman": "margare",
      "sense": "Proto-Iranian: *mánθra-kā́rah",
      "translation": "prophet",
      "word": "→ Old Armenian: մարգարէArmenian: մարգարե"
    },
    {
      "english": "incantator",
      "roman": "mārgar",
      "sense": "Proto-Iranian: *mánθra-kā́rah",
      "translation": "incantator",
      "word": "→ Classical Persian: مارگر"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "lang_code": "sa",
          "roman": "mántra",
          "word": "मन्त्र"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Indo-Aryan",
      "lang_code": "inc-pro",
      "word": "*mántras"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "lang": "Book Pahlavi script",
                  "lang_code": "pal-Latn",
                  "word": "mʾnsl"
                },
                {
                  "descendants": [
                    {
                      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
                      "lang_code": "fa",
                      "roman": "mantar",
                      "sense": "wondering",
                      "word": "منتر"
                    },
                    {
                      "lang": "Pashto",
                      "lang_code": "ps",
                      "raw_tags": [
                        "borrowed"
                      ],
                      "roman": "mantar",
                      "sense": "spell; charm",
                      "word": "منتر"
                    }
                  ],
                  "lang": "Classical Persian",
                  "lang_code": "fa",
                  "roman": "mantar",
                  "sense": "spell",
                  "word": "منتر"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Middle Persian",
              "lang_code": "pal",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ]
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Avestan",
          "lang_code": "ae",
          "raw_tags": [
            "m"
          ],
          "roman": "mąθra",
          "word": "𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Arabic script",
              "lang_code": "wbl",
              "word": "مؤتر"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Cyrillic script",
              "lang_code": "wbl",
              "roman": "mutr",
              "word": "мутр"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Wakhi",
          "lang_code": "wbl"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "lang_code": "ps",
          "roman": "marə́j",
          "sense": "talisman;charm",
          "word": "مرۍ"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "descendants": [
                {
                  "descendants": [
                    {
                      "lang": "Dari",
                      "lang_code": "fa",
                      "roman": "mār",
                      "sense": "think, spell",
                      "word": "مار"
                    }
                  ],
                  "lang": "Manichaean Middle Persian",
                  "lang_code": "pal",
                  "roman": "mhr",
                  "sense": "hymn",
                  "word": "𐫖𐫍𐫡"
                }
              ],
              "lang": "Old Persian",
              "lang_code": "peo",
              "raw_tags": [
                "borrowed"
              ],
              "word": "*manθrah"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Old Median",
          "lang_code": "xme-old",
          "word": "*mánθrah"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Manichaean script",
              "lang_code": "xpr",
              "roman": "mhr",
              "word": "𐫖𐫍𐫡"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Parthian",
          "lang_code": "xpr"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Iranian",
      "lang_code": "ira-pro",
      "word": "*mánθrah"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*men-",
        "id": "think"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "af",
        "3": "ine-pro>*men->think",
        "4": "ine-pro>*-trom>tool noun",
        "5": "afeq",
        "6": "*man->think",
        "id": "meditation",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *men-\nProto-Indo-European *-tḗr\nProto-Indo-European *-trom\nProto-Indo-Iranian *mántras",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*men-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *men-",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*-trom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-trom",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "*man-",
        "3": "*-tras",
        "pos1": "from Proto-Indo-European <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*men-</i>",
        "pos2": "masculine variant of more common neuter <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"iir-pro\">*-tram</i>, from Proto-Indo-European <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"ine-pro\">*-trom</i>",
        "t1": "to think"
      },
      "expansion": "*man- (“to think”, from Proto-Indo-European *men-) + *-tras (masculine variant of more common neuter *-tram, from Proto-Indo-European *-trom)",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *men-\nProto-Indo-European *-tḗr\nProto-Indo-European *-trom\nProto-Indo-Iranian *mántras\nFrom *man- (“to think”, from Proto-Indo-European *men-) + *-tras (masculine variant of more common neuter *-tram, from Proto-Indo-European *-trom).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iir-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántras",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrāw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrāsas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrāw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrāsas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántram",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrāw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrāns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántraH",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántraybʰyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántraybʰyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrāyš",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrāt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántraybʰyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántraybʰyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántraybʰyas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrāy",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántraybʰyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántraybʰyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántraybʰyas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrasya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrayās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrānaHam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántray",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrayaw",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mántrayšu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "head5": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*mántras m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "religion"
      },
      "expansion": "(religion)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "iir-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-Iranian",
  "lang_code": "iir-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/mántras",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mányatay"
    },
    {
      "word": "mánas"
    },
    {
      "word": "matíš"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian a-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian entries with etymology trees",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian nouns",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian terms suffixed with *-tras",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian terms suffixed with *-trom",
        "iir-pro:Religion"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meditation, chanting"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meditation",
          "meditation"
        ],
        [
          "chanting",
          "chanting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mántras"
}

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