महिला
Appearance
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit महिला (mahilā).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]महिला • (mahilā) f (Urdu spelling مَہِیلا)
Declension
[edit]Declension of महिला (fem ā-stem)
References
[edit]- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “महिला”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “महिला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Nepali
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]महिला • (mahilā)
References
[edit]- “महिला”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary][1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “महिला”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- মহিলা (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬳᬶᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
- মহিলা (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰮𑰰𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀳𑀺𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- မဟိလာ (Burmese script)
- મહિલા (Gujarati script)
- ਮਹਿਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌹𑌿𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦲꦶꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂯𑂱𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಹಿಲಾ (Kannada script)
- មហិលា (Khmer script)
- ມຫິລາ (Lao script)
- മഹിലാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᡥᡳᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘮𑘱𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠾᠢᠯᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧎𑧒𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐴𑐶𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
- ମହିଲା (Odia script)
- ꢪꢲꢶꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆲𑆴𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖮𑖰𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
- මහිලා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑪂𑩑𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚩𑚮𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
- மஹிலா (Tamil script)
- మహిలా (Telugu script)
- มหิลา (Thai script)
- མ་ཧི་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒯𑒱𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨱𑨁𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Related to महिषी (mahiṣī, “a female buffalo; any woman of high rank”), itself a feminine form of महिष (mahiṣa, “buffalo; great”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]महिला • (mahilā) stem, f
Declension
[edit]singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | महिला (mahilā) | महिले (mahile) | महिलाः (mahilāḥ) |
vocative | महिले (mahile) | महिले (mahile) | महिलाः (mahilāḥ) |
accusative | महिलाम् (mahilām) | महिले (mahile) | महिलाः (mahilāḥ) |
instrumental | महिलया (mahilayā) महिला¹ (mahilā¹) |
महिलाभ्याम् (mahilābhyām) | महिलाभिः (mahilābhiḥ) |
dative | महिलायै (mahilāyai) | महिलाभ्याम् (mahilābhyām) | महिलाभ्यः (mahilābhyaḥ) |
ablative | महिलायाः (mahilāyāḥ) महिलायै² (mahilāyai²) |
महिलाभ्याम् (mahilābhyām) | महिलाभ्यः (mahilābhyaḥ) |
genitive | महिलायाः (mahilāyāḥ) महिलायै² (mahilāyai²) |
महिलयोः (mahilayoḥ) | महिलानाम् (mahilānām) |
locative | महिलायाम् (mahilāyām) | महिलयोः (mahilayoḥ) | महिलासु (mahilāsu) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “महिला”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 803/3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 397
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