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manti

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈmæntaɪ/
  • rhymes with -aɪ

1

name

Meaning 1

One of the four Nephite spies in the Book of Mormon.

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2

name

Meaning 2

A city, the county seat of Sanpete County, Utah.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A type of dumpling served in Turkish, Armenian and Central Asian cuisine.

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History

Etymology

The immediate source is Turkish mantı or Ottoman Turkish مانطی (mantı). Before that, the origin is obscure. The word was widespread in Central Asia by the 13th century. Possibly from Middle Chinese 饅頭 (man duw), which would make it a doublet of mandu, manju, and mantou.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: manti — type of dumpling
  • Arabic: مَنْتُو (mantū) — type of dumpling
  • Arabic: منتو (mantu) — type of dumpling
  • Armenian: մանթի (mantʻi) — type of dumpling
  • Armenian: մանթ (mantʻ) — type of dumpling
  • Azerbaijani: mantı — type of dumpling
  • Bashkir: манты (mantı) — type of dumpling
  • Bulgarian: мантъ (mant) — type of dumpling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 曼特 (màntè) — type of dumpling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 突厥饅頭 /突厥馒头 (Tūjué mántou) — type of dumpling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 土耳其饅頭 /土耳其馒头 (Tǔ'ěrqí mántou) — type of dumpling
  • Georgian: მანთი (manti) — type of dumpling
  • Greek: μαντί (mantí) — type of dumpling
  • Hebrew: מֶנְטוּ (mantu) — type of dumpling
  • Hebrew: מנטי (manti) — type of dumpling
  • Indonesian: manti — type of dumpling
  • Japanese: マンティ (manti) — type of dumpling
  • Kazakh: мәнті (mäntı) — type of dumpling
  • Korean: 만트 (manteu) — type of dumpling
  • Northern Kurdish: mantî — type of dumpling
  • Northern Kurdish: xengel — type of dumpling
  • Kyrgyz: манты (mantı) — type of dumpling
  • Kyrgyz: мантуу (mantuu) — type of dumpling
  • Ottoman Turkish: مانطی (mantı) — type of dumpling
  • Pashto: منتو (mantu) — type of dumpling
  • Dari: مَنْتُو (mantū) — type of dumpling
  • Iranian Persian: مَنْتو (mantu) — type of dumpling
  • Russian: манты́ (mantý) — type of dumpling
  • Russian: манту́ (mantú) — type of dumpling
  • Russian: ма́ньтоу (mánʹtou) — type of dumpling
  • Russian: маньто́у (manʹtóu) — type of dumpling
  • Tajik: манту (mantu) — type of dumpling
  • Tatar: манты (mantı) — type of dumpling
  • Turkish: mantı — type of dumpling
  • Tuvan: манчы (mançı) — type of dumpling
  • Uyghur: مانتا (manta) — type of dumpling
  • Uzbek: manti — type of dumpling