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A Sanskrit affix to nouns ending otherwise than in अ or आ, or in a consonant of which the inherent short vowel is dropped; forming them into attributives. Ex. बुद्धिमान्, शक्तिमान्. This affix therefore supplies the deficient power of the affix वान् q. v. Note. This affix, although its forms in gender are given above, is, in Maráṭhí, seldom declined.
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m A Sanskrit affix to nouns showing possession, as शक्तिमान्, बुद्धिमान्.
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मान्
cl. 1. 10. P. मानति, मानयति, to honour, respect, [Dhātup. xxxiv, 36] (cf. √ मन्, of which मानयति is the Caus. )
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मान् [mān] I. 1 Ā. (मीमांसते = desid. of मन् q. v.) -II. I P., 1 U. = Caus. of मन् q. v.
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