महस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মহস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬳᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মহস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰮𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀳𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မဟသ် (Burmese script)
- મહસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਹਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌹𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦲꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂯𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಹಸ್ (Kannada script)
- មហស៑ (Khmer script)
- ມຫສ຺ (Lao script)
- മഹസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᡥᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘮𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠾᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧎𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐴𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମହସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢲꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆲𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖮𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මහස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑪂𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚩𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- மஹஸ் (Tamil script)
- మహస్ (Telugu script)
- มหสฺ (Thai script)
- མ་ཧ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒯𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨱𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *máźʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máȷ́ʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂-os ~ *méǵh₂-es-, from *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬵 (mazah, “word”), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas), Latin magnus, Albanian madh (“large, big”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ́.ɦɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɦɐs̪/
Noun
मह॑स् • (máhas) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | महः॑ (máhaḥ) | मह॑सी (máhasī) | महां॑सि (máhāṃsi) |
| accusative | महः॑ (máhaḥ) | मह॑सी (máhasī) | महां॑सि (máhāṃsi) |
| instrumental | मह॑सा (máhasā) | महो॑भ्याम् (máhobhyām) | महो॑भिः (máhobhiḥ) |
| dative | मह॑से (máhase) | महो॑भ्याम् (máhobhyām) | महो॑भ्यः (máhobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मह॑सः (máhasaḥ) | महो॑भ्याम् (máhobhyām) | महो॑भ्यः (máhobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मह॑सः (máhasaḥ) | मह॑सोः (máhasoḥ) | मह॑साम् (máhasām) |
| locative | मह॑सि (máhasi) | मह॑सोः (máhasoḥ) | महः॑सु (máhaḥsu) |
| vocative | महः॑ (máhaḥ) | मह॑सी (máhasī) | महां॑सि (máhāṃsi) |
Descendants
- Helu Prakrit:
- Sinhalese: මහ (maha, “sacrifice”)
- Pali: maha m (“festival, greatness”)
References
- ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 238.
- Monier Williams (1899), “महस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 794, column 3.