महिला

See also: महल and मह्ल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit महिला (mahilā).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mə.ɦɪ.lɑː/, [mɐ.ɦɪ.läː]

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
  • IPA(key): [mʌ.ilä]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: मइला

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
Alternative scripts
  • মহিলা (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬳᬶᬮᬵ (Balinese script)
  • মহিলা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰮𑰰𑰩𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀳𑀺𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • မဟိလာ (Burmese script)
  • મહિલા (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਹਿਲਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑌹𑌿𑌲𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦲꦶꦭꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂯𑂱𑂪𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮಹಿಲಾ (Kannada script)
  • មហិលា (Khmer script)
  • ມຫິລາ (Lao script)
  • മഹിലാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᠠᡥᡳᠯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘮𑘱𑘩𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᠾᠢᠯᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧎𑧒𑧉𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐴𑐶𑐮𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ମହିଲା (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢲꢶꢭꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆲𑆴𑆬𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖮𑖰𑖩𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • මහිලා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑪂𑩑𑩽𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚩𑚮𑚥𑚭 (Takri script)
  • மஹிலா (Tamil script)
  • మహిలా (Telugu script)
  • มหิลา (Thai script)
  • མ་ཧི་ལཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒯𑒱𑒪𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨱𑨁𑨬𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

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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