منتو
Chagatai
Alternative forms
- مانتو (māntw), مانطو (mānṭw)
Etymology
Derived from Middle Chinese 饅頭 (man duw).
Noun
منتو • (mantu or manto)
Descendants
Further reading
- Jarring, Gunnar (1964), “mɑntu ~ mɑnto”, in An Eastern Turki-English Dialect Dictionary[2], C.W.K. Gleerup, page 186
Hijazi Arabic
Etymology
Ultimately derived from Chagatai منتو (mantu), via migration of Central Asians from the USSR to Saudi Arabia. Compare Persian منتو (mantū / mantu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mantu/
Noun
منتو • (mantu) m
Persian
منتوی افغانی ― Afghan mantu (manti)
Etymology
Borrowed from Chagatai منتو (mantu),[1] from Middle Chinese 饅頭 (man duw). Compare Turkish mantı, Kazakh мәнті (mäntı), Uyghur مانتا (manta), Korean 만두 (mandu), Mandarin 饅頭／馒头 (mántou), and Japanese 饅頭 (manjū).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /man.ˈtuː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [män̪.t̪ʰúː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [mæn̪.t̪ʰúː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [män̪.t̪ʰú]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | mantū |
| Dari reading? | mantū |
| Iranian reading? | mantu |
| Tajik reading? | mantu |
Noun
منتو • (mantū / mantu) (Tajik spelling манту)
Descendants
References
- ^ Jarring, Gunnar (1964), “منتو”, in An Eastern Turki-English Dialect Dictionary[1], C.W.K. Gleerup, page 186
Further reading
- منتو on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia fa
- Bulkin, Carleton (2012), “منتو”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN
Uzbek
Noun
مَنْتُو (mantu) (plural منتولر)
- Afghan Uzbek spelling of manti
Further reading
- Aimaq, Dr. Fayzullah (2007), “منتو”, in فرهنگ اوزبیکی به فارسی / دری [farhang-i ōzbēkī ba fārsī / darī, Uzbek-Persian/Dari dictionary] (overall work in Persian), page 640