Etymology

Manasarovar

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Today it means: A freshwater lake in Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Full definition →

Hindi मानसरोवर ← Sanskrit मानस
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromसरोवर“lake”
  2. Sanskrit · derived fromमानस“of the mind, the lake said to have been born from the mind of Brahma”
  3. Hindi · borrowed fromमानसरोवर
  4. English todayManasarovar

Borrowed from Hindi मानसरोवर (mānasrovar), from Sanskrit मानस (mānasa, “of the mind, the lake said to have been born from the mind of Brahma”) + Sanskrit सरोवर (sarovara, “lake”).

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