Words that come from Proto-Indo-Iranian “maȷ́ʰā́”

93 words across 25 languages descend from Proto-Indo-Iranian maȷ́ʰā́ — including Maharashtra, Mahayana, Mahabharata, maharaja, Maharashtrian, maharajah, mahatma, maharishi.

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Sanskrit (17)

Telugu (15)

Hindi (12)

English (11)

Marathi (4)

Malay (4)

Old Marathi (4)

Indonesian (3)

Dutch (2)

Buginese (2)

Hungarian (2)

Urdu (2)

Gujarati (2)

Sauraseni Prakrit (2)

Irish (1)

Chinese (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (1)

Punjabi (1)

Thai (1)

French (1)

Maharastri Prakrit (1)

Proto-Iranian (1)

Middle Persian (1)

Classical Malay (1)