English
mandarinal
From mandarin + -al.
Formed from mandarin + -al
Proto-Indo-European *men- ‘to think’
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Sanskrit मन्त्र ‘counsel, maxim, mantra’
Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् ‘minister, councillor’
Malay menteri
Portuguese mandarim
English mandarin
Today it means
adj Pertaining to mandarins or to the system of rule by mandarins.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / mandarinal