मह

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • maha (Latin script)
  • 𑀫𑀳 (Brahmi script)
  • মহ (Bengali script)
  • මහ (Sinhalese script)
  • မဟ or မႁ (Burmese script)
  • มห or มะหะ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩉ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມຫ or ມະຫະ (Lao script)
  • មហ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄦 (Chakma script)

Noun

मह m

  1. Devanagari script form of maha

Declension

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Adjective

मह (maha)

  1. Devanagari script form of maha, masculine/neuter vocative singular of महन्त् (mahant)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maźʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s. Compare Latin magnus, Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas), Albanian madh (“large”),[1] Tocharian B māka, Persian مه‎.

Pronunciation

Adjective

मह • (mahá)

  1. great, large, big, mighty, strong, abundant

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem declension of महा (mahā́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative महा
mahā́		 महे
mahé		 महाः
mahā́ḥ
Vocative महे
máhe		 महे
máhe		 महाः
máhāḥ
Accusative महाम्
mahā́m		 महे
mahé		 महाः
mahā́ḥ
Instrumental महया / महा¹
maháyā / mahā́¹		 महाभ्याम्
mahā́bhyām		 महाभिः
mahā́bhiḥ
Dative महायै
mahā́yai		 महाभ्याम्
mahā́bhyām		 महाभ्यः
mahā́bhyaḥ
Ablative महायाः
mahā́yāḥ		 महाभ्याम्
mahā́bhyām		 महाभ्यः
mahā́bhyaḥ
Genitive महायाः
mahā́yāḥ		 महयोः
maháyoḥ		 महानाम्
mahā́nām
Locative महायाम्
mahā́yām		 महयोः
maháyoḥ		 महासु
mahā́su
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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Noun

मह • (mahá) stem, m

  1. feast, festival
  2. the festival of spring
  3. sacrifice
  4. buffalo
  5. light, lustre, brilliance
  6. Ichnocarpus frutescens (black creeper)

Declension

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References
  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 238.
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