As a deity name
Name 95 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 289 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
मही · noun · feminine
पृथ्वी · मिट्टी · अवकाश- देश । स्थान — Śabdasāgara
मही · mahī · s.f.
Buttermilk — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1102
मही · mahī · s.f.
The earth, world; earth, soil, ground; land, landed property — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1102
मही · feminine
earth, land, ground; buttermilk; river
Cited formation "मही" is मह + -ई: मह means "महा । अति । बहुत", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "मही" is महना + -ई: महना means "To churn", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मही — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मही (mahī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
mahī (ī), f. See mahī, p. 803, col. 2.
1. mahī f. (cf. 2. mah), ‘the great world’, the earth (cf. urvī, pṛthivī), RV. &c. &c. (in later language also = ground, soil, land, country)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘the great world’, the earth (cf. urvī, pṛthivī), &c. &c. (in later language also = ground, soil, land, country)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mahī" is the nominative dual of "mahi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "mahī" is the feminine form of "maha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "mahī" is the nominative of "mahin" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
mahī (ī), f. See mahī, p. 803, col. 2.
1. mahī f. (cf. 2. mah), ‘the great world’, the earth (cf. urvī, pṛthivī), RV. &c. &c. (in later language also = ground, soil, land, country)
earth (as a substance), Mn. vii, 70
the base of a triangle or other plane figure, Col.
space, RV. iii, 56, 2; v, 44, 6 &c.
1. mahi mfn. (only nom. acc. sg. n.) = mahat, great, RV.; AV.; VS.
mahi ind. greatly, very, exceedingly, much, ib.; ŚāṅkhŚr.
1. maha mfn. great, mighty, strong, abundant, RV.
maha m. (cf. makha, magha) a feast, festival, MBh.
1. mahin mfn. = mahat, great, mighty, RV. (-tama mfn., RV. x, 115, 6)
2. mahin mfn. keeping a feast, festive, Nalod. (cf. 3. mahi, above).
Alternative readings
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