महावीर
Hindi
adj
Definitions
- (literally) very brave, courageous
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit महावीर (a great hero), महा (great, large, enormous, buffalo, big) + Sanskrit वीर (strong, excellent, man, hero, heroic, eminent, powerful).
Origin
Sanskrit
वीर
Gloss
strong, excellent, man, hero, heroic, eminent, powerful
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
男, 夫, 士
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mahavir English
- mahā English
- 摩訶 Japanese
- महर्द्धिक Sanskrit
- महा Sanskrit
- महाप्राण Sanskrit
- महायान Sanskrit
- महावीर Sanskrit
- वीर Sanskrit
- वीरता Sanskrit
- महंगा Hindi
- महारानी Hindi
- वीर Hindi
- วีรยุทธ Thai
- వీర Telugu
- వీరము Telugu
- వీరుండు Telugu
- వీరుడు Telugu
- maha- Malay
- wira Malay
- মহঙা Assamese
- 摩訶 Chinese
- vīra Pali
- महा Pali
- *wiHrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wīrás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- មហាក្សត្រ Central Khmer
- *maźʰā́ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *wiHrás Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𑀯𑀻𑀭 Sauraseni Prakrit
- ವೀರ Kannada
- *vīrá Proto-Dardic