महार्णव

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit महार्णव (mahārṇava); equivalent to महा- (mahā-) +‎ अर्णव (arṇav).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.ɦɑːɾ.ɳəʋ/, [mɐ.ɦäːɾ.ɳɐʋ]

Noun

महार्णव • (mahārṇav) m

1. (rare) an ocean

   Synonym: महासागर (mahāsāgar)

Declension

Declension of महार्णव (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	महार्णव mahārṇav	महार्णव mahārṇav
oblique	महार्णव mahārṇav	महार्णवों mahārṇavõ
vocative	महार्णव mahārṇav	महार्णवो mahārṇavo

Proper noun

महार्णव • (mahārṇav) m

1. a male given name, Maharnav, from Sanskrit

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “महार्णव”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মহাৰ্ণৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬳᬵᬃᬡᬯ (Balinese script)
• মহার্ণব (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰮𑰯𑰨𑰿𑰜𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀳𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀡𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• မဟာရ်္ဏဝ (Burmese script)
• મહાર્ણવ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਹਾਰ੍ਣਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌣𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦲꦴꦂꦟꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂯𑂰𑂩𑂹𑂝𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಹಾರ್ಣವ (Kannada script)
• មហាណ៌វ (Khmer script)
• ມຫາຣ຺ຓວ (Lao script)
• മഹാര്ണവ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᢏᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘮𑘰𑘨𑘿𑘜𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠾᠠᢗᠷᢏᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧎𑧑𑧈𑧠𑦼𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐴𑐵𑐬𑑂𑐞𑐰 (Newa script)
• ମହାର୍ଣଵ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢲꢵꢬ꣄ꢠꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆲𑆳𑆫𑇀𑆟𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖮𑖯𑖨𑖿𑖜𑖪 (Siddham script)
• මහාර්‍ණව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑪂𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩪𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚩𑚭𑚤𑚶𑚘𑚦 (Takri script)
• மஹார்ணவ (Tamil script)
• మహార్ణవ (Telugu script)
• มหารฺณว (Thai script)
• མ་ཧཱ་རྞ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒯𑒰𑒩𑓂𑒝𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨱𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨘𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From महा (mahā, “great”, combining form of महत् (mahat)) +‎ अर्णव (arṇavá, “sea, ocean”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɦɑːɾ.ɳɐ.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐˈɦɑːɾ.ɳɐ.ʋɐ/

Noun

महार्णव • (mahārṇava) stem, m

1. an ocean

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:महासागर

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of महार्णव (mahārṇava)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	महार्णवः mahārṇavaḥ	महार्णवौ / महार्णवा¹ mahārṇavau / mahārṇavā¹	महार्णवाः / महार्णवासः¹ mahārṇavāḥ / mahārṇavāsaḥ¹
Vocative	महार्णव mahārṇava	महार्णवौ / महार्णवा¹ mahārṇavau / mahārṇavā¹	महार्णवाः / महार्णवासः¹ mahārṇavāḥ / mahārṇavāsaḥ¹
Accusative	महार्णवम् mahārṇavam	महार्णवौ / महार्णवा¹ mahārṇavau / mahārṇavā¹	महार्णवान् mahārṇavān
Instrumental	महार्णवेन mahārṇavena	महार्णवाभ्याम् mahārṇavābhyām	महार्णवैः / महार्णवेभिः¹ mahārṇavaiḥ / mahārṇavebhiḥ¹
Dative	महार्णवाय mahārṇavāya	महार्णवाभ्याम् mahārṇavābhyām	महार्णवेभ्यः mahārṇavebhyaḥ
Ablative	महार्णवात् mahārṇavāt	महार्णवाभ्याम् mahārṇavābhyām	महार्णवेभ्यः mahārṇavebhyaḥ
Genitive	महार्णवस्य mahārṇavasya	महार्णवयोः mahārṇavayoḥ	महार्णवानाम् mahārṇavānām
Locative	महार्णवे mahārṇave	महार्णवयोः mahārṇavayoḥ	महार्णवेषु mahārṇaveṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: mahaṇṇava
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀳𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀯 (mahaṇṇava)
• → Hindi: महार्णव (mahārṇav) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “महार्णव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 800, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mahārṇava”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press