महिष
Sanskrit
    
    Alternative scripts
    
Alternative scripts
- মহিষ (Assamese script)
 - ᬫᬳᬶᬱ (Balinese script)
 - মহিষ (Bengali script)
 - 𑰦𑰮𑰰𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
 - 𑀫𑀳𑀺𑀱 (Brahmi script)
 - မဟိၑ (Burmese script)
 - મહિષ (Gujarati script)
 - ਮਹਿਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
 - 𑌮𑌹𑌿𑌷 (Grantha script)
 - ꦩꦲꦶꦰ (Javanese script)
 - 𑂧𑂯𑂱𑂭 (Kaithi script)
 - ಮಹಿಷ (Kannada script)
 - មហិឞ (Khmer script)
 - ມຫິຩ (Lao script)
 - മഹിഷ (Malayalam script)
 - ᠮᠠᡥᡳᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
 - 𑘦𑘮𑘱𑘬 (Modi script)
 - ᠮᠠᠾᠢᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
 - 𑧆𑧎𑧒𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
 - 𑐩𑐴𑐶𑐲 (Newa script)
 - ମହିଷ (Odia script)
 - ꢪꢲꢶꢰ (Saurashtra script)
 - 𑆩𑆲𑆴𑆰 (Sharada script)
 - 𑖦𑖮𑖰𑖬 (Siddham script)
 - මහිෂ (Sinhalese script)
 - 𑩴𑪂𑩑𑪀 (Soyombo script)
 - 𑚢𑚩𑚮 (Takri script)
 - மஹிஷ (Tamil script)
 - మహిష (Telugu script)
 - มหิษ (Thai script)
 - མ་ཧི་ཥ (Tibetan script)
 - 𑒧𑒯𑒱𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
 - 𑨢𑨱𑨁𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)
 
Etymology
    
From Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s-ó-s, from *méǵh₂s (“big, great”). See महत् (mahat) for more.
Noun
    
महिष • (mahiṣá) stem, m
Declension
    
| Masculine a-stem declension of महिष (mahiṣá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | महिषः mahiṣáḥ  | 
महिषौ / महिषा¹ mahiṣaú / mahiṣā́¹  | 
महिषाः / महिषासः¹ mahiṣā́ḥ / mahiṣā́saḥ¹  | 
| Vocative | महिष máhiṣa  | 
महिषौ / महिषा¹ máhiṣau / máhiṣā¹  | 
महिषाः / महिषासः¹ máhiṣāḥ / máhiṣāsaḥ¹  | 
| Accusative | महिषम् mahiṣám  | 
महिषौ / महिषा¹ mahiṣaú / mahiṣā́¹  | 
महिषान् mahiṣā́n  | 
| Instrumental | महिषेण mahiṣéṇa  | 
महिषाभ्याम् mahiṣā́bhyām  | 
महिषैः / महिषेभिः¹ mahiṣaíḥ / mahiṣébhiḥ¹  | 
| Dative | महिषाय mahiṣā́ya  | 
महिषाभ्याम् mahiṣā́bhyām  | 
महिषेभ्यः mahiṣébhyaḥ  | 
| Ablative | महिषात् mahiṣā́t  | 
महिषाभ्याम् mahiṣā́bhyām  | 
महिषेभ्यः mahiṣébhyaḥ  | 
| Genitive | महिषस्य mahiṣásya  | 
महिषयोः mahiṣáyoḥ  | 
महिषाणाम् mahiṣā́ṇām  | 
| Locative | महिषे mahiṣé  | 
महिषयोः mahiṣáyoḥ  | 
महिषेषु mahiṣéṣu  | 
| Notes | 
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Descendants
    
Declension
    
| Masculine a-stem declension of महिष (mahiṣá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | महिषः mahiṣáḥ  | 
महिषौ / महिषा¹ mahiṣaú / mahiṣā́¹  | 
महिषाः / महिषासः¹ mahiṣā́ḥ / mahiṣā́saḥ¹  | 
| Vocative | महिष máhiṣa  | 
महिषौ / महिषा¹ máhiṣau / máhiṣā¹  | 
महिषाः / महिषासः¹ máhiṣāḥ / máhiṣāsaḥ¹  | 
| Accusative | महिषम् mahiṣám  | 
महिषौ / महिषा¹ mahiṣaú / mahiṣā́¹  | 
महिषान् mahiṣā́n  | 
| Instrumental | महिषेण mahiṣéṇa  | 
महिषाभ्याम् mahiṣā́bhyām  | 
महिषैः / महिषेभिः¹ mahiṣaíḥ / mahiṣébhiḥ¹  | 
| Dative | महिषाय mahiṣā́ya  | 
महिषाभ्याम् mahiṣā́bhyām  | 
महिषेभ्यः mahiṣébhyaḥ  | 
| Ablative | महिषात् mahiṣā́t  | 
महिषाभ्याम् mahiṣā́bhyām  | 
महिषेभ्यः mahiṣébhyaḥ  | 
| Genitive | महिषस्य mahiṣásya  | 
महिषयोः mahiṣáyoḥ  | 
महिषाणाम् mahiṣā́ṇām  | 
| Locative | महिषे mahiṣé  | 
महिषयोः mahiṣáyoḥ  | 
महिषेषु mahiṣéṣu  | 
| Notes | 
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| Feminine ī-stem declension of महिषी (máhiṣī) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | महिषी máhiṣī  | 
महिष्यौ / महिषी¹ máhiṣyau / máhiṣī¹  | 
महिष्यः / महिषीः¹ máhiṣyaḥ / máhiṣīḥ¹  | 
| Vocative | महिषि máhiṣi  | 
महिष्यौ / महिषी¹ máhiṣyau / máhiṣī¹  | 
महिष्यः / महिषीः¹ máhiṣyaḥ / máhiṣīḥ¹  | 
| Accusative | महिषीम् máhiṣīm  | 
महिष्यौ / महिषी¹ máhiṣyau / máhiṣī¹  | 
महिषीः máhiṣīḥ  | 
| Instrumental | महिष्या máhiṣyā  | 
महिषीभ्याम् máhiṣībhyām  | 
महिषीभिः máhiṣībhiḥ  | 
| Dative | महिष्यै máhiṣyai  | 
महिषीभ्याम् máhiṣībhyām  | 
महिषीभ्यः máhiṣībhyaḥ  | 
| Ablative | महिष्याः / महिष्यै² máhiṣyāḥ / máhiṣyai²  | 
महिषीभ्याम् máhiṣībhyām  | 
महिषीभ्यः máhiṣībhyaḥ  | 
| Genitive | महिष्याः / महिष्यै² máhiṣyāḥ / máhiṣyai²  | 
महिष्योः máhiṣyoḥ  | 
महिषीणाम् máhiṣīṇām  | 
| Locative | महिष्याम् máhiṣyām  | 
महिष्योः máhiṣyoḥ  | 
महिषीषु máhiṣīṣu  | 
| Notes | 
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| Neuter a-stem declension of महिष (mahiṣá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | महिषम् mahiṣám  | 
महिषे mahiṣé  | 
महिषाणि / महिषा¹ mahiṣā́ṇi / mahiṣā́¹  | 
| Vocative | महिष máhiṣa  | 
महिषे máhiṣe  | 
महिषाणि / महिषा¹ máhiṣāṇi / máhiṣā¹  | 
| Accusative | महिषम् mahiṣám  | 
महिषे mahiṣé  | 
महिषाणि / महिषा¹ mahiṣā́ṇi / mahiṣā́¹  | 
| Instrumental | महिषेण mahiṣéṇa  | 
महिषाभ्याम् mahiṣā́bhyām  | 
महिषैः / महिषेभिः¹ mahiṣaíḥ / mahiṣébhiḥ¹  | 
| Dative | महिषाय mahiṣā́ya  | 
महिषाभ्याम् mahiṣā́bhyām  | 
महिषेभ्यः mahiṣébhyaḥ  | 
| Ablative | महिषात् mahiṣā́t  | 
महिषाभ्याम् mahiṣā́bhyām  | 
महिषेभ्यः mahiṣébhyaḥ  | 
| Genitive | महिषस्य mahiṣásya  | 
महिषयोः mahiṣáyoḥ  | 
महिषाणाम् mahiṣā́ṇām  | 
| Locative | महिषे mahiṣé  | 
महिषयोः mahiṣáyoḥ  | 
महिषेषु mahiṣéṣu  | 
| Notes | 
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Derived terms
    
- महिषासुर (mahiṣāsura, “Buffalo Asura”)
 
References
    
- Monier Williams (1899) “महिष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 803/1.
 - Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 340
 
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