मह

See also: मह्, मुँह, मुहु, and मेंह

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 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

Declension table of "मह" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)महो (maho)महा (mahā)
Accusative (second)महं (mahaṃ)महे (mahe)
Instrumental (third)महेन (mahena)महेहि (mahehi) or महेभि (mahebhi)
Dative (fourth)महस्स (mahassa) or महाय (mahāya) or महत्थं (mahatthaṃ)महानं (mahānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)महस्मा (mahasmā) or महम्हा (mahamhā) or महा (mahā)महेहि (mahehi) or महेभि (mahebhi)
Genitive (sixth)महस्स (mahassa)महानं (mahānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)महस्मिं (mahasmiṃ) or महम्हि (mahamhi) or महे (mahe)महेसु (mahesu)
Vocative (calling)मह (maha)महा (mahā)

Adjective

मह (maha)

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • মহ (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬳ (Balinese script)
  • মহ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀳 (Brahmi script)
  • မဟ (Burmese script)
  • મહ (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਹ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑌹 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦲ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂯 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮಹ (Kannada script)
  • មហ (Khmer script)
  • ມຫ (Lao script)
  • മഹ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᠠᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘮 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐴 (Newa script)
  • ମହ (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢲ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆲 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖮 (Siddham script)
  • මහ (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑪂 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚩 (Takri script)
  • மஹ (Tamil script)
  • మహ (Telugu script)
  • มห (Thai script)
  • མ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

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

Masculine a-stem declension of म॒ह
singular dual plural
nominative म॒हः (maháḥ) म॒हौ (maháu)
म॒हा¹ (mahā́¹) 		म॒हाः (mahā́ḥ)
म॒हासः॑¹ (mahā́saḥ¹)
accusative म॒हम् (mahám) म॒हौ (maháu)
म॒हा¹ (mahā́¹) 		म॒हान् (mahā́n)
instrumental म॒हेन॑ (mahéna) म॒हाभ्या॑म् (mahā́bhyām) म॒हैः (maháiḥ)
म॒हेभिः॑¹ (mahébhiḥ¹)
dative म॒हाय॑ (mahā́ya) म॒हाभ्या॑म् (mahā́bhyām) म॒हेभ्यः॑ (mahébhyaḥ)
ablative म॒हात् (mahā́t) म॒हाभ्या॑म् (mahā́bhyām) म॒हेभ्यः॑ (mahébhyaḥ)
genitive म॒हस्य॑ (mahásya) म॒हयोः॑ (maháyoḥ) म॒हाना॑म् (mahā́nām)
locative म॒हे (mahé) म॒हयोः॑ (maháyoḥ) म॒हेषु॑ (mahéṣu)
vocative मह॑ (máha) महौ॑ (máhau)
महा॑¹ (máhā¹) 		महाः॑ (máhāḥ)
महा॑सः¹ (máhāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic
Feminine ā-stem declension of म॒हा
singular dual plural
nominative म॒हा (mahā́) म॒हे (mahé) म॒हाः (mahā́ḥ)
accusative म॒हाम् (mahā́m) म॒हे (mahé) म॒हाः (mahā́ḥ)
instrumental म॒हया॑ (maháyā)
म॒हा¹ (mahā́¹) 		म॒हाभ्या॑म् (mahā́bhyām) म॒हाभिः॑ (mahā́bhiḥ)
dative म॒हायै॑ (mahā́yai) म॒हाभ्या॑म् (mahā́bhyām) म॒हाभ्यः॑ (mahā́bhyaḥ)
ablative म॒हायाः॑ (mahā́yāḥ)
म॒हायै॑² (mahā́yai²) 		म॒हाभ्या॑म् (mahā́bhyām) म॒हाभ्यः॑ (mahā́bhyaḥ)
genitive म॒हायाः॑ (mahā́yāḥ)
म॒हायै॑² (mahā́yai²) 		म॒हयोः॑ (maháyoḥ) म॒हाना॑म् (mahā́nām)
locative म॒हाया॑म् (mahā́yām) म॒हयोः॑ (maháyoḥ) म॒हासु॑ (mahā́su)
vocative महे॑ (máhe) महे॑ (máhe) महाः॑ (máhāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas
Neuter a-stem declension of म॒ह
singular dual plural
nominative म॒हम् (mahám) म॒हे (mahé) म॒हानि॑ (mahā́ni)
म॒हा¹ (mahā́¹)
accusative म॒हम् (mahám) म॒हे (mahé) म॒हानि॑ (mahā́ni)
म॒हा¹ (mahā́¹)
instrumental म॒हेन॑ (mahéna) म॒हाभ्या॑म् (mahā́bhyām) म॒हैः (maháiḥ)
म॒हेभिः॑¹ (mahébhiḥ¹)
dative म॒हाय॑ (mahā́ya) म॒हाभ्या॑म् (mahā́bhyām) म॒हेभ्यः॑ (mahébhyaḥ)
ablative म॒हात् (mahā́t) म॒हाभ्या॑म् (mahā́bhyām) म॒हेभ्यः॑ (mahébhyaḥ)
genitive म॒हस्य॑ (mahásya) म॒हयोः॑ (maháyoḥ) म॒हाना॑म् (mahā́nām)
locative म॒हे (mahé) म॒हयोः॑ (maháyoḥ) म॒हेषु॑ (mahéṣu)
vocative मह॑ (máha) महे॑ (máhe) महा॑नि (máhāni)
महा॑¹ (máhā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Noun

म॒ह • (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

Masculine a-stem declension of म॒ह
singular dual plural
nominative म॒हः (maháḥ) म॒हौ (maháu)
म॒हा¹ (mahā́¹) 		म॒हाः (mahā́ḥ)
म॒हासः॑¹ (mahā́saḥ¹)
accusative म॒हम् (mahám) म॒हौ (maháu)
म॒हा¹ (mahā́¹) 		म॒हान् (mahā́n)
instrumental म॒हेन॑ (mahéna) म॒हाभ्या॑म् (mahā́bhyām) म॒हैः (maháiḥ)
म॒हेभिः॑¹ (mahébhiḥ¹)
dative म॒हाय॑ (mahā́ya) म॒हाभ्या॑म् (mahā́bhyām) म॒हेभ्यः॑ (mahébhyaḥ)
ablative म॒हात् (mahā́t) म॒हाभ्या॑म् (mahā́bhyām) म॒हेभ्यः॑ (mahébhyaḥ)
genitive म॒हस्य॑ (mahásya) म॒हयोः॑ (maháyoḥ) म॒हाना॑म् (mahā́nām)
locative म॒हे (mahé) म॒हयोः॑ (maháyoḥ) म॒हेषु॑ (mahéṣu)
vocative मह॑ (máha) महौ॑ (máhau)
महा॑¹ (máhā¹) 		महाः॑ (máhāḥ)
महा॑सः¹ (máhāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

References

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

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