min

Symbol

min

1. (mathematics) minimum function
2. (metrology) minute in International System of Units
3. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Minangkabau.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Minangkabau terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Scots min (“less, lesser”), West Frisian min (“small, bad”), Dutch min (“less, small”), Low German minn (“small, low, lean”), German minder (“less”), Icelandic minna (“less”), Latin minus (“less”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English min, minne, partly from Old English myne (“mind, intent, desire, love”), from Proto-West Germanic *muni, from Proto-Germanic *muniz (“mind, memory”); and also from Old Norse minni (“memory”), from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją (“memory, remembrance”); both from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Related to Icelandic minni (“memory”), German Minne (“love”).

Etymology 4

From Middle English minnen, mynnen, from Old Norse minna (“to bring to mind”), from minni (“memory”). See above.

Etymology 5

Anagrams

• INM, NMI, nim

Pronoun

min

1. me, first person singular pronoun, as object

References

• B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

Alternative forms

• minu

Etymology

From Latin minō, collateral form of minor. Compare Romanian mâna, mân.

Verb

min (third-person singular present indicative minã, past participle minatã)

1. to move

Pronoun

min

1. me (as the object of a preposition)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bïŋ (“thousand”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰃𐰭 (bïŋ), 𐰋𐰃𐰭 (biŋ), Old Uyghur 𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽷 (mïŋ, “thousand”), Turkish bin (“thousand”), Bashkir мең (meñ, “thousand”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [min]

• Audio:

  (file)

Numeral

min

1. thousand