महत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maźʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maĵʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s. Cognate with Middle Persian ms (meh), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas), Armenian մեծ (mec), Latin magnus, English much.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɦɐ́t̪/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.ɦɐt̪/

Adjective

महत् • (mahát)

great, large, big, huge, ample, extensive, long, abundant
- c. 1000, Rāmāyaṇa 6.204.9:
  एतस्मिन्नन्तरे क्रोधाद्राघवस्य स रावणः ।
  प्रहर्तुकामो दुष्टात्मा स्पृशन् प्रहरणं महत् ॥
  etasminnantare krodhādrāghavasya sa rāvaṇaḥ .
  prahartukāmo duṣṭātmā spṛśan praharaṇaṃ mahat .

Related terms

महा (mahā) (form used in compounding)

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