摩訶

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (摩訶)		摩	訶
simp. (摩诃)		摩	诃

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit महा (mahā), itself the combining form of महत् (mahat, “great”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móhē

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ ho¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móhē
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄏㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móhe
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-ho¹
    • Yale: mwó-hē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohe
    • Palladius: мохэ (moxɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ xɤ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo¹ ho¹
    • Yale: mō hō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ ho¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ ho¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ hɔː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ma xa

Rime
Character	摩	訶
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫婆切	虎何切
Baxter	ma	xa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑ/	/hɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/	/hɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/	/xɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/	/ha/
Li Rong	/muɑ/	/xɑ/
Wang Li	/muɑ/	/xɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ/	/xɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó	hē
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo4	ho1

Prefix

1. (Buddhism) maha; great

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
摩	訶
ま Grade: S	か Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 摩訶 (MC ma xa), borrowing from Sanskrit महा (mahā), itself the combining form of महत् (mahat, “great”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Adjectival noun

摩(ま)訶(か) or 摩訶(マカ) • (maka) 

1. great

Derived terms

• 摩(ま)訶(か)不(ふ)思(し)議(ぎ) (maka-fushigi, “mysterious, profound mystery”)

Prefix

摩(ま)訶(か) or 摩訶(マカ) • (maka-) 

1. (Buddhism) maha: great

Derived terms

• 摩(ま)訶(か)般(はん)若(にゃ)波(は)羅(ら)蜜(みっ)多(た)心(しん)経(ぎょう) (Maka Hannya Haramitta Shingyō, “Heart Sutra”)
• 摩(マ)訶(カ)毘(ビ)盧(ル)遮(シャ)那(ナ) (Makabirushana, “Mahāvairocana”)