Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mahant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.45 in modern English

Syllables: ma-hant
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A head or chief of a monastery.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi महान्त (mahānt), from Sanskrit महान् (mahān, “great”).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: महान्त, महान्

Inflected Forms

mahants (plural)

Questions

What does mahant mean?: A head or chief of a monastery.
Where does mahant come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

How to pronounce mahant

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