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The corpus record — Sanskrit

mahi

groß

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Where it lives

  • Taittiriya Upanisad 15 · 28.28/10k
  • Svetasvatara Upanisad 1 · 5.82/10k
  • Prasna Upanisad 1 · 1.53/10k
  • Chandogya Upanisad 6 · 1.28/10k
  • Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. مَه-

mah- (- mahä-, mähi) ‘groß’, mahdy”, mähas-, s.u. mahänt-. [mahän- (mahnä), s. mahiman-.. mahäkulä-, s.u. küla-, 0.1373. — [Mayrhofer, s.v. mah-, p. 365]

2. مَه

1. mah ( orig. magh; cf. also √ maṃh) cl. 1. 10. P. ( Dhātup. xvii, 81 ; xxxv, 15 ) mahati, mahayati ( Ved. and ep. also Ā. mahate, hayate; p. mahat, q.v. ; pf. mamāha Gr. ; māmahe; Subj. māmahanta, māmahas, RV. ; aor. amahīt Gr. ; fut. mahitā, mahiṣyati, ib. ; ind.p. mahitvā, MBh. ; inf. mahe, and mahaye, q.v. ) to elate, gladden, exalt, arouse, excite, RV. ; Br. ; Kauś. ; ChUp. ; MBh. ; to magnify, esteem highly, honour, revere, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; ( Ā. ) to rejoice, delight in ( instr. or acc. ), RV. iii, 52, 6 ; vi, 15, 2 ; to give, bestow, ib. i, 94, 6 ; 117, 17 ; v, 27, 1 &c.

3. مَه

2. mah mf(ī or = m. )n. great, strong, powerful mighty, abundant, RV. ; VS.

4. māh

māh cl. 1. P. Ā. māhati, te, to measure, mete, Dhātup. xxi, 29.

In the wild

6 of 24 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. mahi (vol. 2, scan p. 369; entry #2982).

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