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Where does “महत्” come from?

महत् (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian maȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s — big, great.

महत् (Sanskrit): great, large, big, huge, ample, extensive, long,...

Definitions

  1. great, large, big, huge, ample, extensive, long,...

Ancestry of “महत्”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianmaȷ́ʰā́big, great
2Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great

Words derived from “महत्”

  • Maharashtra
  • Mahayana
  • Mahabharata
  • maharaja
  • Maharashtrian
  • maharajah
  • mahatma
  • maharishi
  • maharana
  • mahā
  • mahamari
  • maharaja
  • 聖雄
  • mardijker
  • maharadja
  • maharadzsa
  • maharadzsák
  • Mahayana
  • మహారాష్ట్రము
  • మహాత్ముడు
  • మహారాజు
  • మహానది
  • మహాపద్మము
  • మహావాక్యము
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