English
mahila
Mahila comes from Hindi महिला ‘lady, female, woman’, and goes back to Sanskrit महिला.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमहिला‘a woman, a female’
- Hindic. 1500–presentsame formmahilā‘lady, female, woman’
- Englishtodaymahila
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमहिला‘a woman, a female’
- Hindic. 1500–presentsame formmahilā‘lady, female, woman’
- Englishtodaymahila
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‘big, great’
major, master, mayor, magnitude, magnum, maxim, magnate, magnify, mair, mickle, maggiore, muckle, 16 more
Today it means
noun Woman or women.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit महिला / mahila