mantra

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmæn.tɹə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmʌn.tɹə/
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• General-American: /ˈmɑn.tɹə/
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• General-American: /ˈmæn.tɹə/
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• General-American: /ˈmʌn.tɹə/
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• CMU ARPABET: M AE1 N T R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Sanskrit मन्त्र (mantra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mántras, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Related to mind.

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: մանտրա (mantra) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Belarusian: ма́нтра (mántra) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Bengali: মন্ত্র (montro) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Bulgarian: ма́нтра (mántra) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Burmese: မန္တန် (mantan) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Chinese Mandarin: 曼特羅 /曼特罗 (màntèluó) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Chinese Mandarin: 曼怛羅 /曼怛罗 (màndáluó) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Finnish: mantra — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• French: mantra — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Georgian: მანტრა (manṭra) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• German: Mantra — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Greek: μάντρα (mántra) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Gujarati: મંત્ર (mantra) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Hindi: मंत्र (mantra) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Hungarian: mantra — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Indonesian: mantra — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Japanese: マントラ (mantora) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Kannada: ಮಂತ್ರ (mantra) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Khmer: មន្ត (mŭən) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Khmer: មន្ត្រ (mŭən) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Korean: 만트라 (manteura) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Lao: ມົນ (mon) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Macedonian: мантра (mantra) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Malay: mentera — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Malay: mantera — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Malay: mantra — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Malayalam: മന്ത്രം (mantraṁ) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Marathi: मंत्र (mantra) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Pali: manta — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Punjabi: ਮੰਤਰ (mantar) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Russian: ма́нтра (mántra) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Sanskrit: मन्त्र (mantra) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Sinhalese: මන්තර (mantara) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Tamil: மந்திரம் (mantiram) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Telugu: మంత్రం (mantraṁ) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Thai: มนตร์ (mon) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Tibetan: མན་རྡ་ར (man rda ra) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Ukrainian: ма́нтра (mántra) — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Vietnamese: mạn-đát-la — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Vietnamese: man-tra — the hymn portions of the Vedas
• Avestan: 𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀 (mąθra) — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Chinese Mandarin: 真言 (zhēnyán) — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Finnish: mantra — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• French: mantra — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• French: incantation — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• German: Mantra — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Hindi: मंत्र (mantra) — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Hungarian: mantra — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Indonesian: mantra — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Japanese: 真言 (shingon) — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Macedonian: мантра (mantra) — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Malay: mentera — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Malay: mantera — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Malay: jampi — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Malay: serapah — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Marathi: मंत्र (mantra) — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Polish: mantra — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Portuguese: mantra — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Spanish: mantra — a phrase repeated to assist concentration during meditation
• Chinese Mandarin: 口頭禪 /口头禅 (kǒutóuchán) — a slogan or phrase often repeated
• Finnish: mantra — a slogan or phrase often repeated
• French: slogan — a slogan or phrase often repeated
• French: mantra — a slogan or phrase often repeated
• German: Mantra — a slogan or phrase often repeated
• Hindi: मंत्र (mantra) — a slogan or phrase often repeated
• Hungarian: mantra — a slogan or phrase often repeated
• Italian: mantra — a slogan or phrase often repeated
• Italian: ritornello — a slogan or phrase often repeated
• Korean: 염불 (yeombul) — a slogan or phrase often repeated
• Macedonian: мантра (mantra) — a slogan or phrase often repeated
• Marathi: मंत्र (mantra) — a slogan or phrase often repeated
• Polish: mantra — a slogan or phrase often repeated
• Portuguese: mantra — a slogan or phrase often repeated
• Russian: ма́нтра (mántra) — a slogan or phrase often repeated