महार्घ

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

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

महार्घ • (mahārgha) stem

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

• → Malay: mahal (“expensive”)
  • Indonesian: mahal (“expensive”)
  • → Tagalog: mahal (“dear, precious; expensive”)
    • → Bikol Central: mahal (“dear, expensive”)
    • → Cebuano: mahal (“dear, expensive”)
  • → Waray-Waray: mahál (“expensive”)
• Khasa Prakrit:
  • Nepali: महँगो (mahãgo)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: মহঙা (mohoṅa)
  • Bengali: মহঙ্গা (mohoṅga)
  • Odia: ମହଙ୍ଗା (mahaṅgā)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀳𑀕𑁆𑀖 (mahaggha) (see there for further descendants)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Takka Apabhramsa:
    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਮਹਿੰਗਾ (mahiṅgā)

      Shahmukhi script: مہنگا (mhngā)

  • Vracada Apabhramsa:
    • Sindhi:

      Arabic script: مَهَانگو

      Devanagari script: महांगो

• Pali: mahaggha
  • → Thai: มหัคฆ (má-hàk-ká-)
• Persian: ماهارغا (mâhârğâ)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀳𑀕𑁆𑀖 (mahaggha)
  • Gurjara Apabhramsa:
    • Gujarati: મોંઘું (moṅghũ)
  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: महंगा (mahaṅgā)

      Urdu: مَہَنْگَا (mahaṅgā)

महार्घ • (mahārgha) stem, m

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

• “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.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mahārgha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press