Etymology

myna

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Today it means: One of the South and East Asian birds of the starling family Sturnidae. Full definition →

Hindi मैना ← Urdu مینا ← Sanskrit मदन
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromमदन
  2. Urdu · borrowed fromمینا
  3. Hindi · borrowed fromमैना
  4. English todaymyna

Borrowed from Hindi मैना (mainā) / Urdu مینا (mainā), from Sanskrit मदन (madana).

Words from the same roots

Hindiमैना all →

mina

Urduمینا all →

mina

Sanskritमदन all →

mina

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.