महिमन्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- मह्मन् (mahmán)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মহিমন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬳᬶᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মহিমন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰮𑰰𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀳𑀺𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မဟိမန် (Burmese script)
- મહિમન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਹਿਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌹𑌿𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦲꦶꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂯𑂱𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಹಿಮೝ (Kannada script)
- មហិមន៑ (Khmer script)
- ມຫິມນ຺ (Lao script)
- മഹിമന് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᡥᡳᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘮𑘱𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠾᠢᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧎𑧒𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐴𑐶𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମହିମନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢲꢶꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆲𑆴𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖮𑖰𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මහිමන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑪂𑩑𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚩𑚮𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- மஹிமந் (Tamil script)
- మహిమౝ (Telugu script)
- มหิมนฺ (Thai script)
- མ་ཧི་མ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒯𑒱𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨱𑨁𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-món-, from *méǵh₂s (“big, great”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɦi.mɐ́n/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɦi.mɐn̪/
Noun
महिमन् • (mahimán) stem, m
- greatness, majesty
- might, power
- exaltation, dignity
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | महिमा (mahimā́) | महिमानौ (mahimā́nau) महिमाना¹ (mahimā́nā¹) |
महिमानः (mahimā́naḥ) |
| accusative | महिमानम् (mahimā́nam) | महिमानौ (mahimā́nau) महिमाना¹ (mahimā́nā¹) |
महिम्नः (mahimnáḥ) |
| instrumental | महिम्ना (mahimnā́) मह्ना² (mahnā́²) महिना² (mahinā́²) |
महिमभ्याम् (mahimábhyām) | महिमभिः (mahimábhiḥ) |
| dative | महिम्ने (mahimné) | महिमभ्याम् (mahimábhyām) | महिमभ्यः (mahimábhyaḥ) |
| ablative | महिम्नः (mahimnáḥ) | महिमभ्याम् (mahimábhyām) | महिमभ्यः (mahimábhyaḥ) |
| genitive | महिम्नः (mahimnáḥ) | महिम्नोः (mahimnóḥ) | महिम्नाम् (mahimnā́m) |
| locative | महिम्नि (mahimní) महिमनि (mahimáni) महिमन्¹ (mahimán¹) |
महिम्नोः (mahimnóḥ) | महिमसु (mahimásu) |
| vocative | महिमन् (máhiman) | महिमानौ (máhimānau) महिमाना¹ (máhimānā¹) |
महिमानः (máhimānaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Rigvedic
References
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “महिमन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 222
- Monier Williams (1899) “महिमन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 803, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “mahimán-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 339-340