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mahatiyā

mahanta

fem instr sg of mahanta (adj); fem dat sg of mahanta (adj); fem abl sg of mahanta (adj); fem gen sg of mahanta (adj); …

1. mahatiyā (adj): with a great; with a large
2. mahanta (adj): big; great; large; grand; vast; extensive
3. mahanta (adj): great; powerful; mighty; eminent; distinguished; noble

Built from

• mah — root · grow, increase
  From IE *meg- 'great, mighty'. The sense develops from physical growth to abstract greatness. Cognates: English much, mighty; Greek megas; Latin magnus.
• -ant — ending · past participle
  Participial suffix forming adjectives from verbs. Here expressing the state of having grown, hence 'great, large'.
• -iyā — ending · feminine instrumental/dative/ablative/genitive singular
  Feminine -ī stem inflection. The -yā ending marks these oblique cases in the singular, indicating relationship or accompaniment in context.

Etymology. From Indo-European *meg- 'great', seen in English 'much', 'mighty', Greek megas 'great', Latin magnus 'great'. The Pali mahanta is the past participle of √mah 'to grow, increase', preserving the sense of 'grown, great'.

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

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