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mahatāsi

mahati

2nd person singular imperfect of mahati (or past tense form; the form mahatāsi appears to be a scribal or textual variant; resolving to standard mahasi or mahahasi)

1. to esteem
2. to honour
3. to value highly

Built from

• mah — root · be/make great
  The root carries the sense of magnitude and importance, giving rise to the notion of esteeming or honouring someone by recognizing their greatness. Cognate with Latin magnus and Greek megas.
• -a- — stem · thematic vowel
  The thematic a-grade marks this as a present-system stem in Pali.
• -si — ending · 2nd singular imperfect
  The ending -si marks second person singular in the imperfect or past tense, indicating the action directed at or performed by the person addressed.

Etymology. From √mah (Sanskrit √mah, mahati), meaning 'to be great' or 'to make great'; related to Indo-European √meg- (Latin magnus 'great', English make, Greek megas 'great'). The verb mahati in the causative sense means 'to honour' or 'to esteem as great'.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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