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mahato

maha

masc abl sg of maha (adj); masc abl sg of maha (noun); masc abl pl of maha (noun); masc abl sg of maha (root); …

1. maha (root): (gram) √mah (venerate)
2. maha (adj): great; venerable; honourable; respected
3. maha (masc): festival; ceremony
4. mahato (adj): to the great; for the great; for the large
5. mahato (adj): of the great; of the large
6. mahanta (adj): big; great; large; grand; vast; extensive
7. mahanta (adj): great; powerful; mighty; eminent; distinguished; noble

Built from

• mah — root · honor, esteem
  The root underlying 'great' and 'venerable'. From PIE *meg- 'great, mighty', visible in Latin magnus, Greek megas, and English much—all descending from a shared ancestor meaning magnitude or eminence.
• a — ending · masculine nominative singular
  The -a ending marks masculine singular in nominative, but mahato shows the ablative case with -to, signaling 'from, by, of' the great.

Etymology. √mah 'to venerate, honor' (from PIE *meg- 'great, mighty'); cognate with Latin magnus, Greek megas, English much. The root's concrete sense of 'to make big' or 'to esteem highly' underlies both the adjective and ceremonial noun.

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

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