माहीत

Marathi

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَاهِيَّة (māhiyya). Compare Hindi माहियत (māhiyat).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.ɦit̪/, [mʱaiːt̪]

Adjective

माहीत • (māhīt)

known
Synonyms: ठाऊक (ṭhāūk), ज्ञात (jñāt)

मला माहीत आहे.
malā māhīt āhe.
I know.
(literally, “It is known to me.”)

Usage notes

माहीत (māhīt) is only used with auxiliary verbs such as असणे (asṇe) and नसणे (nasṇe) to form intransitive compound verbs.[1]

Derived terms

माहीत असणे (māhīt asṇe)
माहीत नसणे (māhīt nasṇe)

See also

माहिती (māhitī)
माहितगार (māhitgār)

References

Raeside, Ian Matthew Paton, Nemade, Bhalchandra Vanaji (1991) Marathi Reading Course, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, page 34

Further reading

Berntsen, Maxine, “माहीत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “माहीत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “माहिती”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

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