महिमन्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- मह्मन् (mahmán)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মহিমন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬳᬶᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মহিমন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰮𑰰𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀳𑀺𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မဟိမန် (Burmese script)
- મહિમન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਹਿਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌹𑌿𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦲꦶꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂯𑂱𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಹಿಮೝ (Kannada script)
- មហិមន៑ (Khmer script)
- ມຫິມນ຺ (Lao script)
- മഹിമന് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᡥᡳᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘮𑘱𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠾᠢᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧎𑧒𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐴𑐶𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମହିମନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢲꢶꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆲𑆴𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖮𑖰𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මහිමන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑪂𑩑𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚩𑚮𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- மஹிமந் (Tamil script)
- మహిమౝ (Telugu script)
- มหิมนฺ (Thai script)
- མ་ཧི་མ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒯𑒱𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨱𑨁𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-món-, from *méǵh₂s (“big, great”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɦi.mɐ́n/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɦi.mɐn̪/
Noun
म॒हि॒मन् • (mahimán) stem, m
- greatness, majesty
- might, power
- exaltation, dignity
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | म॒हि॒मा (mahimā́) | म॒हि॒मानौ॑ (mahimā́nau) म॒हि॒माना॑¹ (mahimā́nā¹) |
म॒हि॒मानः॑ (mahimā́naḥ) |
| accusative | म॒हि॒मान॑म् (mahimā́nam) | म॒हि॒मानौ॑ (mahimā́nau) म॒हि॒माना॑¹ (mahimā́nā¹) |
म॒हि॒म्नः (mahimnáḥ) |
| instrumental | म॒हि॒म्ना (mahimnā́) म॒ह्ना² (mahnā́²) म॒हि॒ना² (mahinā́²) |
म॒हि॒मभ्या॑म् (mahimábhyām) | म॒हि॒मभिः॑ (mahimábhiḥ) |
| dative | म॒हि॒म्ने (mahimné) | म॒हि॒मभ्या॑म् (mahimábhyām) | म॒हि॒मभ्यः॑ (mahimábhyaḥ) |
| ablative | म॒हि॒म्नः (mahimnáḥ) | म॒हि॒मभ्या॑म् (mahimábhyām) | म॒हि॒मभ्यः॑ (mahimábhyaḥ) |
| genitive | म॒हि॒म्नः (mahimnáḥ) | म॒हि॒म्नोः (mahimnóḥ) | म॒हि॒म्नाम् (mahimnā́m) |
| locative | म॒हि॒म्नि (mahimní) म॒हि॒मनि॑ (mahimáni) म॒हि॒मन्¹ (mahimán¹) |
म॒हि॒म्नोः (mahimnóḥ) | म॒हि॒मसु॑ (mahimásu) |
| vocative | महि॑मन् (máhiman) | महि॑मानौ (máhimānau) महि॑माना¹ (máhimānā¹) |
महि॑मानः (máhimānaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Rigvedic
References
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “महिमन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 222
- Monier Williams (1899), “महिमन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 803, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “mahimán-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 339-340