माहीत

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (māhiyat), from Arabic مَاهِيَّة (māhiyya)^[1]^[2] with a semantic narrowing from “essence” to “known”.

Cognates

Compare Gujarati માહિત (māhit), Hindustani ماہِیَّت (māhiyyat) / माहियत (māhiyat).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.ɦit̪/, [mʱaiːt̪]
Rhymes: -it̪
Hyphenation: मा‧हीत

Adjective

माहीत • (māhīt) (indeclinable) ^[3]^[4]^[5]

known
Synonyms: ठाऊक (ṭhāūk), ज्ञात (dnyāt)

मला माहीत आहे.
malā māhīt āhe.
I know.
(literally, “It is known to me.”)

Usage notes

माहीत (māhīt) is only used with auxiliary verbs such as असणे (asṇe) and नसणे (nasṇe) to form intransitive compound verbs.^[6]

Derived terms

माहितगार (māhitgār)
माहिती (māhitī)
माहीत असणे (māhīt asṇe)
माहीत नसणे (māhīt nasṇe)

References

More information

^ નાયક, છોટુભાઈ રણછોડજી [Naik, Chhotubhai Ranchhodji] (1972-1988) “માહિત”, in ફારસી શબ્દોનો સાર્થ વ્યુત્પત્તિ કોશ (phārsī śabdono sārth vyutpatti koś) [Dictionary of the meanings and origins of Persian words]‎^[1] (in Gujarati), volume 3, અમદાવાદ [Ahmedabad]: ગુજરાત યુનિવર્સિટી [Gujarat University], page 291, column 1
^ અમીરમિયાં હમદૂમિયાં ફારૂકી (1926) “માહિત”, in ગુજરાતી ફારસી અરબી શબ્દકોશ (gujrātī phārsī arabī śabdakoś) [Gujarati, Persian, Arabic Dictionary] (in Gujarati), volume 2, અમદાવાદ [Ahmedabad], page 204, column 2
^ Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “माहीत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 118
^ Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “माहीत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 650
^ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “माहिती”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2481
^ Raeside, Ian Matthew Paton, Nemade, Bhalchandra Vanaji (1991) Marathi Reading Course, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, page 34

[1] નાયક, છોટુભાઈ રણછોડજી [Naik, Chhotubhai Ranchhodji] (1972-1988) “માહિત”, in ફારસી શબ્દોનો સાર્થ વ્યુત્પત્તિ કોશ (phārsī śabdono sārth vyutpatti koś) [Dictionary of the meanings and origins of Persian words]‎^[1] (in Gujarati), volume 3, અમદાવાદ [Ahmedabad]: ગુજરાત યુનિવર્સિટી [Gujarat University], page 291, column 1

[2] અમીરમિયાં હમદૂમિયાં ફારૂકી (1926) “માહિત”, in ગુજરાતી ફારસી અરબી શબ્દકોશ (gujrātī phārsī arabī śabdakoś) [Gujarati, Persian, Arabic Dictionary] (in Gujarati), volume 2, અમદાવાદ [Ahmedabad], page 204, column 2

[3] Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “माहीत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 118

[4] Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “माहीत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 650

[5] दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “माहिती”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2481

[6] Raeside, Ian Matthew Paton, Nemade, Bhalchandra Vanaji (1991) Marathi Reading Course, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, page 34

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