/mandaˈɾin/
mandarin (referring to the language or historically the high government bureaucrats of Imperial China)
Borrowed from Portuguese mandarim, mandari, from Malay menteri, manteri, from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, an agent suffix).
Mandarin (language)
“Cada palabra escrita cuando se pronuncia es mutuamente incomprensible entre un hablante de mandarín en Beijing y un hablante de cantonés en Hong Kong.”
Borrowed from Portuguese mandarim, mandari, from Malay menteri, manteri, from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, an agent suffix).
mandarin (a high government bureaucrat of Imperial China)
Related: chino mandarín, diamante mandarín, pato mandarín, pez mandarín
Borrowed from Portuguese mandarim, mandari, from Malay menteri, manteri, from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, an agent suffix).