This week's theme: loanwords from Sanskrit.
mantra (MAN-truh) noun
1. A sound, word, or phrase that is repeated in prayer and is believed
to have mystical powers.
2. An often repeated word of phrase that is closely associated with
something; a slogan, byword, or a watchword.
[From Sanskrit mantra (thought, formula). Ultimately from Indo-European
root men- (to think) which is the source of mind, mnemonic, mosaic, music,
mentor, money, and mandarin.]
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