mahant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi महान्त (mahānt), from Sanskrit महान् (mahān, “great”).

Noun

mahant (plural mahants)

1. (Hinduism) A head or chief of a monastery.

Anagrams

• Hatman

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀳𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• महन्त् (Devanagari script)
• মহন্ত্ (Bengali script)
• මහන‍්ත් (Sinhalese script)
• မဟန္တ် or မႁၼ္တ် or မႁၼ်တ် (Burmese script)
• มหนฺตฺ or มะหันต (Thai script)
• ᨾᩉᨶ᩠ᨲ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຫນ຺ຕ຺ or ມະຫັນຕ (Lao script)
• មហន្ត៑ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄦𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄴 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit महत् (mahat, “great”).

Adjective

mahant

1. great, big, massive
2. important, well-known

Declension

Declension table of "mahant" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	mahaṃ or mahanto or mahā	mahanto or mahantā
Accusative (second)	mahantaṃ	mahanto or mahante
Instrumental (third)	mahatā or mahantena	mahantehi or mahantebhi
Dative (fourth)	mahato or mahantassa	mahataṃ or mahantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	mahatā or mahantasmā or mahantamhā or mahantā	mahantehi or mahantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	mahato or mahantassa	mahataṃ or mahantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	mahati or mahantasmiṃ or mahantamhi or mahante	mahantesu
Vocative (calling)	mahaṃ or mahanta or mahā or maha	mahanto or mahantā

Declension table of "mahatī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	mahatī	mahatiyo or mahatī
Accusative (second)	mahatiṃ or mahatiyaṃ	mahatiyo or mahatī
Instrumental (third)	mahatiyā	mahatīhi or mahatībhi
Dative (fourth)	mahatiyā	mahatīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	mahatiyā	mahatīhi or mahatībhi
Genitive (sixth)	mahatiyā	mahatīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	mahatiyā or mahatiyaṃ	mahatīsu
Vocative (calling)	mahati	mahatiyo or mahatī

Declension table of "mahantī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	mahantī	mahantiyo or mahantī
Accusative (second)	mahantiṃ or mahantiyaṃ	mahantiyo or mahantī
Instrumental (third)	mahantiyā	mahantīhi or mahantībhi
Dative (fourth)	mahantiyā	mahantīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	mahantiyā	mahantīhi or mahantībhi
Genitive (sixth)	mahantiyā	mahantīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	mahantiyā or mahantiyaṃ	mahantīsu
Vocative (calling)	mahanti	mahantiyo or mahantī

Declension table of "mahant" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	mahaṃ or mahantaṃ	mahanti or mahantāni
Accusative (second)	mahaṃ or mahantaṃ	mahanti or mahantāni
Instrumental (third)	mahatā or mahantena	mahantehi or mahantebhi
Dative (fourth)	mahato or mahantassa	mahataṃ or mahantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	mahatā or mahantasmā or mahantamhā or mahantā	mahantehi or mahantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	mahato or mahantassa	mahataṃ or mahantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	mahati or mahantasmiṃ or mahantamhi or mahante	mahantesu
Vocative (calling)	mahaṃ or mahanta or mahā or maha	mahanti or mahantāni

Descendants

• → Burmese: မဟာ (ma.ha)
• → Khmer: មហា (mĕəʼhaa)
• → Thai: มหา (má-hǎa)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “mahant”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead