माहीत

Marathi

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَاهِيَّة (māhiyya). Compare Hindi माहियत (māhiyat).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɦit̪/, [mʱaiːt̪]

Adjective

माहीत • (māhīt)

1. known

   Synonyms: ठाऊक (ṭhāūk), ज्ञात (jñāt)

   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.

Derived terms

• माहीत असणे (māhīt asṇe)
• माहीत नसणे (māhīt nasṇe)

See also

• माहिती (māhitī)
• माहितगार (māhitgār)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “माहीत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “माहीत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “माहिती”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).