mandarin (high government bureaucrat of the Chinese Empire, etc.)
çekim: çoğul mandairíní
köken: Borrowed from English mandarin, from Portuguese mandarim, mandarij, from Malay menteri, manteri, and its source, Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin, “minister, councillor”), from मन्त्र (mantra, “counsel, maxim, mantra”) + -इन् (-in, agent suffix).
Mandarin (Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu) · Mandarin (a branch of the Chinese languages, consisting of many dialects; Guanhua or Beifanghua)
köken: Transliteration of English Mandarin.
cmn北方話 /北方话, 官話 /官话
hak北方話 /北方话, 官話 /官话
wuu北方閒話 /北方闲话, 官話 /官话
yue北方話 /北方话, 官話 /官话, 撈話 /捞话
Etimoloji
From aurinko (“sun”) + kuningas (“king”); calque of French le Roi-Soleil, the nickname of the French king Louis XIV.