महिला

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See also: महल and मह्ल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit महिला (mahilā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mə.ɦɪ.lɑː/, , /mɛː.ɦɪ.lɑː/,

Noun

महिला • (mahilā) f (Urdu spelling مَہِیلا)

  1. lady, female, woman
    Synonyms: नारी (nārī), स्त्री (strī), मां समान (mā̃ samān)
    यह स्नानघर केवल महिलाओं के लिए है।
    yah snānghar keval mahilāõ ke lie hai.
    This bathroom is for ladies only.

Declension

Declension of महिला (fem ā-stem)
singular plural
direct महिला
mahilā 		महिलाएँ
mahilāẽ
oblique महिला
mahilā 		महिलाओं
mahilāõ
vocative महिला
mahilā 		महिलाओ
mahilāo

References

Nepali

Pronunciation

Noun

महिला • (mahilā)

  1. woman, female
    Synonyms: स्त्री (strī), नारी (nārī), आइमाई (āimāī)
  2. lady
  3. ma'am

References

  • “महिला”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “महिला”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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Etymology

Related to महिषी (mahiṣī, “a female buffalo; any woman of high rank”), itself a feminine form of महिष (mahiṣa, “buffalo; great”).

Pronunciation

Noun

महिला • (mahilā) stem, f

  1. a woman, a female
  2. name of a river

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of महिला (mahilā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative महिला
mahilā 		महिले
mahile 		महिलाः
mahilāḥ
Vocative महिले
mahile 		महिले
mahile 		महिलाः
mahilāḥ
Accusative महिलाम्
mahilām 		महिले
mahile 		महिलाः
mahilāḥ
Instrumental महिलया / महिला¹
mahilayā / mahilā¹ 		महिलाभ्याम्
mahilābhyām 		महिलाभिः
mahilābhiḥ
Dative महिलायै
mahilāyai 		महिलाभ्याम्
mahilābhyām 		महिलाभ्यः
mahilābhyaḥ
Ablative महिलायाः / महिलायै²
mahilāyāḥ / mahilāyai² 		महिलाभ्याम्
mahilābhyām 		महिलाभ्यः
mahilābhyaḥ
Genitive महिलायाः / महिलायै²
mahilāyāḥ / mahilāyai² 		महिलयोः
mahilayoḥ 		महिलानाम्
mahilānām
Locative महिलायाम्
mahilāyām 		महिलयोः
mahilayoḥ 		महिलासु
mahilāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

References

  • 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]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 397
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