Mahan.adj.¹

Brit.

/ˈmɑːhɑː/, U.S.

/ˈmɑhɑ/

Forms: 1700s Mahah, 1800s Mahar, 1800s– Maha.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Maha.

Etymology: < French Maha (1673) < a Dhegiha language (see Omaha n. and adj.).

A. n.

= Omaha n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > Plains Indian > [noun] > Siouan

Assiniboine1690

Missouri1698

Osage1698

Santee1698

Teton1698

Yankton1698

Sioux1703

Kansa1722

Otoe1760

Omaha1761

Maha1778

Big Belly1785

Mandan1790

Minnetaree1796

Crow1801

Dakota1804

Gros Ventre1804

Kaw1804

Miniconjou1804

Ponca1804

Absaroka1812

Oglala1825

Missourian1833

Lakota1846

Dakotan1871

Hidatsa1873

Siouan1885

1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. 109 Fort La Reine... To this place the Mahahs, who inhabit a country two hundred and fifty miles south-west, come also to trade.

1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 7 Aug. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1986) II. 456 Directing a few of their Chiefs to come to the Mahars, & we would make a peace between them & the Mahar and Souex.

1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana i. vi. 76 Mahas, (or Oo-ma-ha) Reside on the Maha creek.

1949 Exciting Western May 55/2 The Maha, or ‘upstream people’ as the name was translated, were responsible for the naming of Omaha, Nebraska.

2009 Native Peoples A to Z (ed. 2) 1819/1 The Omaha. Long ago, the name of this tribe was Maha.

B. adj.¹

= Omaha adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > Plains Indian > [adjective] > Siouan

Assiniboine1743

Missouri1765

Mandan1794

Otoe1794

Crow1804

Maha1804

Osage1804

Gros Ventre1805

Oglala1805

Kansa1806

Dakota1809

Teton1814

Yankton1825

Lakota1846

1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 24 Aug. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1986) II. 504 Three Maha men fell sacrefice to their murceyless fury not meany years since.

1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 26 Aug. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) III. 14 This village was built by a Indian Chief of the Maha nation.

1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 65 We..soon fell in with the trace from the Maha village to the monument.

2004 S. Christian Before Lewis & Clark (2009) viii. 167 When the group reached the Maha village on August 11, Shahaka was invited to parade on horseback in the regalia he had brought back from Washington.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mahaadv.adj.²

Brit.

/mʌˈhɑː/, U.S.

/məˈhɑ/

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit mahā-.

Etymology: < Sanskrit mahā- (in compounds) great (see mickle adj.).The Sanskrit combining form typically combines with nouns, although in colloquial use the resulting compounds are sometimes reinterpreted as adjectives.

Indian English.

A. adv.

Very, extremely. (Sometimes with hyphen.)

ΚΠ

1972 Thought 2 Sept. 20/2 Yamini's abhinaya is really maha-exaggerated.

1986 Stardust (Bombay) Oct. 17/1 All his producers are maha angry.

2010 Times of India (Nexis) 4 Dec. The sexy actress is maha upset that..they have seen her name stored in a cocaine dealer's phone.

2013 Bollywoodlife.com 26 Jan. (O.E.D. Archive 2017) Ever since the trailer of his second movie..the brawny actor has been maha excited.

B. adj.²

Big, great, huge.

ΚΠ

1988 B. Desai Memory of Elephants 250 The driver got a maha shock.

1991 S. Tharoor Show Business iii. 167 The room was abuzz..asking what Bollywood was coming to if one flop, even such a maha flop, could do this to relations.

2015 Indian Express (Nexis) 14 Jan. Jacqueline..arrived on a plaki for her maha performance of the evening.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maha
释义	Mahan.adj.¹ Brit. /ˈmɑːhɑː/, U.S. /ˈmɑhɑ/ Forms: 1700s Mahah, 1800s Mahar, 1800s– Maha. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French Maha. Etymology: < French Maha (1673) < a Dhegiha language (see Omaha n. and adj.). A. n. = Omaha n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > Plains Indian > [noun] > Siouan Assiniboine1690 Missouri1698 Osage1698 Santee1698 Teton1698 Yankton1698 Sioux1703 Kansa1722 Otoe1760 Omaha1761 Maha1778 Big Belly1785 Mandan1790 Minnetaree1796 Crow1801 Dakota1804 Gros Ventre1804 Kaw1804 Miniconjou1804 Ponca1804 Absaroka1812 Oglala1825 Missourian1833 Lakota1846 Dakotan1871 Hidatsa1873 Siouan1885 1778 J. Carver Trav. N.-Amer. 109 Fort La Reine... To this place the Mahahs, who inhabit a country two hundred and fifty miles south-west, come also to trade. 1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 7 Aug. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1986) II. 456 Directing a few of their Chiefs to come to the Mahars, & we would make a peace between them & the Mahar and Souex. 1814 H. M. Brackenridge Views Louisiana i. vi. 76 Mahas, (or Oo-ma-ha) Reside on the Maha creek. 1949 Exciting Western May 55/2 The Maha, or ‘upstream people’ as the name was translated, were responsible for the naming of Omaha, Nebraska. 2009 Native Peoples A to Z (ed. 2) 1819/1 The Omaha. Long ago, the name of this tribe was Maha. B. adj.¹ = Omaha adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > Plains Indian > [adjective] > Siouan Assiniboine1743 Missouri1765 Mandan1794 Otoe1794 Crow1804 Maha1804 Osage1804 Gros Ventre1805 Oglala1805 Kansa1806 Dakota1809 Teton1814 Yankton1825 Lakota1846 1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 24 Aug. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1986) II. 504 Three Maha men fell sacrefice to their murceyless fury not meany years since. 1804 W. Clark Jrnl. 26 Aug. in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1987) III. 14 This village was built by a Indian Chief of the Maha nation. 1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 65 We..soon fell in with the trace from the Maha village to the monument. 2004 S. Christian Before Lewis & Clark (2009) viii. 167 When the group reached the Maha village on August 11, Shahaka was invited to parade on horseback in the regalia he had brought back from Washington. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). mahaadv.adj.² Brit. /mʌˈhɑː/, U.S. /məˈhɑ/ Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit mahā-. Etymology: < Sanskrit mahā- (in compounds) great (see mickle adj.).The Sanskrit combining form typically combines with nouns, although in colloquial use the resulting compounds are sometimes reinterpreted as adjectives. Indian English. A. adv. Very, extremely. (Sometimes with hyphen.) ΚΠ 1972 Thought 2 Sept. 20/2 Yamini's abhinaya is really maha-exaggerated. 1986 Stardust (Bombay) Oct. 17/1 All his producers are maha angry. 2010 Times of India (Nexis) 4 Dec. The sexy actress is maha upset that..they have seen her name stored in a cocaine dealer's phone. 2013 Bollywoodlife.com 26 Jan. (O.E.D. Archive 2017) Ever since the trailer of his second movie..the brawny actor has been maha excited. B. adj.² Big, great, huge. ΚΠ 1988 B. Desai Memory of Elephants 250 The driver got a maha shock. 1991 S. Tharoor Show Business iii. 167 The room was abuzz..asking what Bollywood was coming to if one flop, even such a maha flop, could do this to relations. 2015 Indian Express (Nexis) 14 Jan. Jacqueline..arrived on a plaki for her maha performance of the evening. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.¹1778adv.adj.²1972
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