महावत مہاوت ♣ Eng. much + measure

महावत مہاوت ♣ Eng. much + measure

[mahāvat], m. an elephant-driver.

[◀MIA: Pk. mahāmatta- m. ‘elephant-driver’; Pa. mahāmatta- m. ‘king’s chief minister’ ◀OIA mahāmātra- ‘chief, best’ MBh., m. ‘man of high rank, king’s minister, elephant-driver’ MBh. <+② -mātra- at end of cmpds. ‘having the measure of, only’ KātyŚr. (♣Eng. measure ) <.mahā- in cmpds. ‘great’ <.mah- ‘great’ RV. ◀PIE *meĝ(h)- ‘big, great’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. much ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. magnify, major, master, mega- ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 1098; (Turner, 1966) 9950, p.571, ② 10023, p.573; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 526; (MW, 1899) 0798, 0794, ② 0804; (Pokorny, 1959) 0708, ② 0703, 0731; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.337, ② 2.341