An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

English-French-Persian

فرهنگ ریشه‌شناختی اخترشناسی-اخترفیزیک



mind
  منت  
ment
Fr.: esprit, intelligence, raison  
  1. The human faculty to which are ascribed thought, feeling, etc; often regarded as an immaterial part of a person (Dictionary.com).

  2. Psychology: The totality of conscious and unconscious → mental processes and activities (Dictionary.com).

Etymology (EN): M.E. mynd(e), from O.E. gemynd “memory, remembrance; thought, purpose” (cf. Gothic muns “thought,” munan “to think;” ON minni “mind;” Ger. Minne (archaic) “love,” originally “memory”), from PIE root *men- “think, remember;” cf. Pers. mân, man “mind, thought;” Av. man- “to think;” Skt. matih “thought,” Gk. mania “madness,”
mentio “remembrance;” Lith. mintis “thought, idea,” O.C.S. mineti “to believe, think,” Russ. pamjat “memory.”

Etymology (PE): Ment, from Mid.Pers. mênitan “to think,” Av. mainyeite “he thinks;” O.Pers. man- “to think,” maniyaiy “I think,” Ardumaniš- (proper noun) “upright-minded,” Haxāmaniš- (proper noun, Hellenized Achaemenes, founder of the Achaemenian dynasty) “having the mind of a friend;” Av. mân- “to think,”
manah- “mind, thinking, thought; purpose, intention,” mainyu- “mind, mentality, mental force, inspiration,” cf. Sogdian mân “mind;” Skt. man- “to think,” mánye “I think,” manyate “he thinks,” mánas- “intelligence, understanding, conscience;” Gk. mainomai “to be angry,” mania “madness,” mantis “one who divines, prophet;” L. mens “mind, understanding, reason,” memini “I remember,” mentio “remembrance;” Lith. mintis “thought, idea;” Goth. muns “thought,” munan “to think;” Ger. Minne “love,”
originally “loving memory;” O.E. gemynd “memory, thinking, intention;” PIE base
*men- “to think, mind; spiritual activity.”