Indo-Aryan mahāmātra [9950]

9950 mahāmātra 'chief, best' MBh., m. 'man of high rank, king's minister, elephant-driver' MBh. [mēṭha-¹, mēṇḍa-³ m. 'elephant-keeper' lex., Pa. hatthimeṇḍa- m. 'elephant-driver', Pk. meṁṭha-, miṁṭha-, miṁṭhala-, mahāmettha- (note final -th in P. below), metthapurisa- m. (Pischel PkGr 202) may point to a non-Aryan word for 'elephant-driver' which became associated with mahāmātra-: EWA ii 611. — mahā-, mā́trā-]

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Indo-Aryan	mahāmātra	chief, best; man of high rank, king's minister, elephant-driver; elephant-keeper; elephant-driver; elephant-driver	MBh; MBh; lex; Pk; which became associated with mahāmātra-: EWA ii 611	T1962—1966
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Ashokan Prakrit	mahamatra			T1962—1966
Ashokan Prakrit: Dhauli	mahāmāta	official, overseer	m	T1962—1966
Ashokan Prakrit: Girnar	mahāmātra			T1962—1966
Ashokan Prakrit: Jaugada	mahāmāta	official, overseer	m	T1962—1966
Ashokan Prakrit: Kalsi	mahāmāta	official, overseer	m	T1962—1966
Ashokan Prakrit: Mansehra	mahamatra			T1962—1966
Ashokan Prakrit: Shahbazgarhi	mahamatra			T1962—1966
Pali	mahāmatta	king's chief minister	m	T1962—1966
Prakrit	mahāmatta	elephant-driver	m	T1962—1966
Punjabi	mahāvat			T1962—1966
	mahāvatī			T1962—1966
	mahaut			T1962—1966
	mahautʰ		m	T1962—1966
West Pahari	mahtā			T1962—1966
West Pahari	mautā	head official of a parganā	m	T1962—1966
Assamese	māut	elephant-driver		T1962—1966
Bengali	māhut			T1962—1966
Odia	māhuta			T1962—1966
	māhũta			T1962—1966
	māhunta	family title of Kṣatriyas, warrior mounted on elephant, elephant-driver		T1962—1966
Hindi-Urdu	mahāvat			T1962—1966
	mahāut			T1962—1966
	mahaut	elephant-driver	m	T1962—1966
Gujarati	mahāvat			T1962—1966
Gujarati	māvat	elephant-driver	m	T1962—1966
Old Gujarati	mahūṁta			T1962—1966
Old Gujarati	muhata	councillor	m	T1962—1966
Marathi	mahāvat			T1962—1966
	mahāt			T1962—1966
	māūt		m	T1962—1966
	rāūt		< rājaputrá- Th	T1962—1966
Old Sinhala	mahamata	prime minister		T1962—1966
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Kotgarhi	matta	word of address to men	(no reflex of h bec. of colloquial use Him.I 171)	T1962—1966
Rohrui	māto		(rather than < mahātman-)	T1962—1966
West Pahari (poetic)	māto	village headman	m	T1962—1966
Hindi-Urdu	mahtā		m	T1962—1966
[4] also
Awadhi	mahatiyā	headman	(rather than < mahā́nt-)	T1962—1966

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Indo-Aryan mahāmātra [9950]

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