मह

See also: मह्, मुँह, मुहु, and मेंह

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• maha (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• মহ (Bengali script)
• මහ (Sinhalese script)
• မဟ or မႁ (Burmese script)
• มห or มะหะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩉ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຫ or ມະຫະ (Lao script)
• មហ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄦 (Chakma script)

Noun

मह m

1. Devanagari script form of maha

Declension

Declension table of "मह" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	महो (maho)	महा (mahā)
Accusative (second)	महं (mahaṃ)	महे (mahe)
Instrumental (third)	महेन (mahena)	महेहि (mahehi) or महेभि (mahebhi)
Dative (fourth)	महस्स (mahassa) or महाय (mahāya) or महत्थं (mahatthaṃ)	महानं (mahānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	महस्मा (mahasmā) or महम्हा (mahamhā) or महा (mahā)	महेहि (mahehi) or महेभि (mahebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	महस्स (mahassa)	महानं (mahānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	महस्मिं (mahasmiṃ) or महम्हि (mahamhi) or महे (mahe)	महेसु (mahesu)
Vocative (calling)	मह (maha)	महा (mahā)

Adjective

मह (maha)

1. Devanagari script form of maha, masculine/neuter vocative singular of महन्त् (mahant)

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *maźʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s. Compare Latin magnus, Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas), Albanian madh (“large”), Tocharian B māka, Persian مه.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɦɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɦɐ/

Adjective

मह • (mahá)

1. great, large, big, mighty, strong, abundant

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मह

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	महः (maháḥ)	महौ (mahaú) महा¹ (mahā́¹)	महाः (mahā́ḥ) महासः¹ (mahā́saḥ¹)
vocative	मह (máha)	महौ (máhau) महा¹ (máhā¹)	महाः (máhāḥ) महासः¹ (máhāsaḥ¹)
accusative	महम् (mahám)	महौ (mahaú) महा¹ (mahā́¹)	महान् (mahā́n)
instrumental	महेन (mahéna)	महाभ्याम् (mahā́bhyām)	महैः (mahaíḥ) महेभिः¹ (mahébhiḥ¹)
dative	महाय (mahā́ya)	महाभ्याम् (mahā́bhyām)	महेभ्यः (mahébhyaḥ)
ablative	महात् (mahā́t)	महाभ्याम् (mahā́bhyām)	महेभ्यः (mahébhyaḥ)
genitive	महस्य (mahásya)	महयोः (maháyoḥ)	महानाम् (mahā́nām)
locative	महे (mahé)	महयोः (maháyoḥ)	महेषु (mahéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of महा

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	महा (mahā́)	महे (mahé)	महाः (mahā́ḥ)
vocative	महे (máhe)	महे (máhe)	महाः (máhāḥ)
accusative	महाम् (mahā́m)	महे (mahé)	महाः (mahā́ḥ)
instrumental	महया (maháyā) महा¹ (mahā́¹)	महाभ्याम् (mahā́bhyām)	महाभिः (mahā́bhiḥ)
dative	महायै (mahā́yai)	महाभ्याम् (mahā́bhyām)	महाभ्यः (mahā́bhyaḥ)
ablative	महायाः (mahā́yāḥ) महायै² (mahā́yai²)	महाभ्याम् (mahā́bhyām)	महाभ्यः (mahā́bhyaḥ)
genitive	महायाः (mahā́yāḥ) महायै² (mahā́yai²)	महयोः (maháyoḥ)	महानाम् (mahā́nām)
locative	महायाम् (mahā́yām)	महयोः (maháyoḥ)	महासु (mahā́su)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of मह

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	महम् (mahám)	महे (mahé)	महानि (mahā́ni) महा¹ (mahā́¹)
vocative	मह (máha)	महे (máhe)	महानि (máhāni) महा¹ (máhā¹)
accusative	महम् (mahám)	महे (mahé)	महानि (mahā́ni) महा¹ (mahā́¹)
instrumental	महेन (mahéna)	महाभ्याम् (mahā́bhyām)	महैः (mahaíḥ) महेभिः¹ (mahébhiḥ¹)
dative	महाय (mahā́ya)	महाभ्याम् (mahā́bhyām)	महेभ्यः (mahébhyaḥ)
ablative	महात् (mahā́t)	महाभ्याम् (mahā́bhyām)	महेभ्यः (mahébhyaḥ)
genitive	महस्य (mahásya)	महयोः (maháyoḥ)	महानाम् (mahā́nām)
locative	महे (mahé)	महयोः (maháyoḥ)	महेषु (mahéṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Noun

मह • (mahá) stem, m

1. feast, festival
2. the festival of spring
3. sacrifice
4. buffalo
5. light, lustre, brilliance
6. Ichnocarpus frutescens (black creeper)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मह

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	महः (maháḥ)	महौ (mahaú) महा¹ (mahā́¹)	महाः (mahā́ḥ) महासः¹ (mahā́saḥ¹)
vocative	मह (máha)	महौ (máhau) महा¹ (máhā¹)	महाः (máhāḥ) महासः¹ (máhāsaḥ¹)
accusative	महम् (mahám)	महौ (mahaú) महा¹ (mahā́¹)	महान् (mahā́n)
instrumental	महेन (mahéna)	महाभ्याम् (mahā́bhyām)	महैः (mahaíḥ) महेभिः¹ (mahébhiḥ¹)
dative	महाय (mahā́ya)	महाभ्याम् (mahā́bhyām)	महेभ्यः (mahébhyaḥ)
ablative	महात् (mahā́t)	महाभ्याम् (mahā́bhyām)	महेभ्यः (mahébhyaḥ)
genitive	महस्य (mahásya)	महयोः (maháyoḥ)	महानाम् (mahā́nām)
locative	महे (mahé)	महयोः (maháyoḥ)	महेषु (mahéṣu)

• ¹Vedic