mahawat

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mahawat

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PIE word

*méǵh₂s

Borrowed from Hindi महावत (mahāvat, “elephant keeper”), from Sanskrit महामात्र (mahāmātra, “elephant keeper; high official; king’s minister”), from महा (mahā, “great”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) + मात्र (mātra, “measure; quantity”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”)).

noun mahawats

Synonym of mahout.
Similar: mahout

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@misc{mahawat_2026,
  title = {mahawat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mahawat},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}