महीना

See also: महिना, मोहन, and महान्

Hindi

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Has

Proto-Iranian *mā́Hah

Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h)

Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 (byʿḥ)

Classical Persian (māh)

Classical Persian (mahīnā)bor.

Hindi महीना

Borrowed from Classical Persian (mahīnā, “a month; monthly pay”), from (māh, “moon”).

महीना • (mahīnā) m (Urdu spelling مہینا or مہینہ)

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