महागज
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মহাগজ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬳᬵᬕᬚ (Balinese script)
- মহাগজ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰮𑰯𑰐𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀕𑀚 (Brahmi script)
- မဟာဂဇ (Burmese script)
- મહાગજ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਹਾਗਜ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌗𑌜 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦲꦴꦒꦗ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂯𑂰𑂏𑂔 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಹಾಗಜ (Kannada script)
- មហាគជ (Khmer script)
- ມຫາຄຊ (Lao script)
- മഹാഗജ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᡥᠠ᠊ᠠᡤᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘮𑘰𑘐𑘕 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠾᠠᢗᠺᠠᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧎𑧑𑦰𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐴𑐵𑐐𑐖 (Newa script)
- ମହାଗଜ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢲꢵꢔꢙ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆲𑆳𑆓𑆘 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖮𑖯𑖐𑖕 (Siddham script)
- මහාගජ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑪂𑩛𑩞𑩣 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚩𑚭𑚌𑚑 (Takri script)
- மஹாக³ஜ (Tamil script)
- మహాగజ (Telugu script)
- มหาคช (Thai script)
- མ་ཧཱ་ག་ཛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒯𑒰𑒑𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨱𑨊𑨍𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of महा (mahā́, “great”) + गज (gaja, “elephant”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɦɑ́ː.ɡɐ.d͡ʑɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɦɑː.ɡɐ.d͡ʑɐ/
Noun
महागज • (mahā́gaja) stem, m
- a great elephant
- (mythology) one of the elephants that support the earth
- Synonym: दिक्करिन् (dikkarin)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | महागजः (mahā́gajaḥ) | महागजौ (mahā́gajau) महागजा¹ (mahā́gajā¹) |
महागजाः (mahā́gajāḥ) महागजासः¹ (mahā́gajāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | महागजम् (mahā́gajam) | महागजौ (mahā́gajau) महागजा¹ (mahā́gajā¹) |
महागजान् (mahā́gajān) |
| instrumental | महागजेन (mahā́gajena) | महागजाभ्याम् (mahā́gajābhyām) | महागजैः (mahā́gajaiḥ) महागजेभिः¹ (mahā́gajebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | महागजाय (mahā́gajāya) | महागजाभ्याम् (mahā́gajābhyām) | महागजेभ्यः (mahā́gajebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | महागजात् (mahā́gajāt) | महागजाभ्याम् (mahā́gajābhyām) | महागजेभ्यः (mahā́gajebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | महागजस्य (mahā́gajasya) | महागजयोः (mahā́gajayoḥ) | महागजानाम् (mahā́gajānām) |
| locative | महागजे (mahā́gaje) | महागजयोः (mahā́gajayoḥ) | महागजेषु (mahā́gajeṣu) |
| vocative | महागज (máhāgaja) | महागजौ (máhāgajau) महागजा¹ (máhāgajā¹) |
महागजाः (máhāgajāḥ) महागजासः¹ (máhāgajāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “महागज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 795.