महार्घ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মহাৰ্ঘ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬳᬵᬃᬖ (Balinese script)
• মহার্ঘ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰮𑰯𑰨𑰿𑰑 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀖 (Brahmi script)
• မဟာရ်္ဃ (Burmese script)
• મહાર્ઘ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਹਾਰ੍ਘ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌘 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦲꦴꦂꦓ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂯𑂰𑂩𑂹𑂐 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಹಾರ್ಘ (Kannada script)
• មហាឃ៌ (Khmer script)
• ມຫາຣ຺ຆ (Lao script)
• മഹാര്ഘ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᢚᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘮𑘰𑘨𑘿𑘑 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠾᠠᢗᠷᠺᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧎𑧑𑧈𑧠𑦱 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐴𑐵𑐬𑑂𑐑 (Newa script)
• ମହାର୍ଘ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢲꢵꢬ꣄ꢕ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆲𑆳𑆫𑇀𑆔 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖮𑖯𑖨𑖿𑖑 (Siddham script)
• මහාර්‍ඝ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑪂𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩟 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚩𑚭𑚤𑚶𑚍 (Takri script)
• மஹார்க⁴ (Tamil script)
• మహార్ఘ (Telugu script)
• มหารฺฆ (Thai script)
• མ་ཧཱ་རྒྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒯𑒰𑒩𑓂𑒒 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨱𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨎 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From महा (mahā) + अर्घ (arghá, “price”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɦɑːɾ.ɡʱɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐˈɦɑːɾ.ɡʱɐ/

Adjective

महार्घ • (mahārgha) stem

1. costly, expensive, high-priced
2. very precious or valuable

Descendants

• • Assamese: মহঙা (mohoṅa)
  • Odia: ମହଙ୍ଗା (mahaṅgā)
• Pali: mahaggha
• • Konkani: म्हारग (mhārag) (hypercorrected or borrowed directly)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘮𑘰𑘐 (mahāga), 𑘦𑘮𑘰𑘐𑘚𑘹𑘽 (mahāgaḍeṃ)
    • Marathi: महाग (mahāg), महागडे (mahāgḍe)
• • Gujarati: મોંઘું (moṅghũ)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: महँगा (mahaṅgā)

    Urdu: مہنگا (mahãṅgā)

  • Nepali: महँगो (mahãgo)
  • Punjabi: ਮਹਿੰਗਾ (mahiṅgā) / مہنگا (mahiṅgā)
  • Sindhi: مَهَانگو / महांगो (mahā̃go)

Noun

महार्घ • (mahārgha) stem, m

1. Perdix Chenensis, a species of blue-breasted quail native to India and China.

References

• “महार्घ” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 403, column 1.
• Monier Williams (1899) “महार्घ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 799/3.