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- [muh-haht-muh, -hat-]
- /məˈhɑt mə, -ˈhæt-/
- /mə.ˈhæt.mə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [muh-haht-muh, -hat-]
- /məˈhɑt mə, -ˈhæt-/
Definitions of mahatma word
- noun mahatma Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru). 1
- noun mahatma Mohandas Karamchand [moh-huh n-dahs kuhr-uh m-chuhnd] /ˌmoʊ hənˈdɑs ˌkʌr əmˈtʃʌnd/ (Show IPA), ("Mahatma") 1869–1948, Hindu religious leader, nationalist, and social reformer. 1
- noun mahatma Rajiv [rah-jeev] /rɑˈdʒiv/ (Show IPA), 1944–91, Indian political leader: prime minister 1984–89 (son of Indira). 1
- noun mahatma (in South Asia) a person regarded with reverence or loving respect; a holy person or sage. 1
- noun mahatma Hindu wise man 1
- noun mahatma a Brahman sage 0
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Origin of mahatma
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
1850-55; < Sanskrit mahātmā, nominative singular of mahātman high-souled, magnanimous, equivalent to mahā- great + ātman atman
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Parts of speech for Mahatma
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mahatma popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mahatma usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mahatma
noun mahatma
- someone — somebody
- figure — a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- personage — a person of distinction or importance.
- hero — a person noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: He became a local hero when he saved the drowning child.
Antonyms for mahatma
noun mahatma
- commoner — In countries which have a nobility, commoners are the people who are not members of the nobility.
- nobody — a person of no importance, influence, or power.
- obscurity — the state or quality of being obscure.
- unknown — not known; not within the range of one's knowledge, experience, or understanding; strange; unfamiliar.
- nonentity — a person or thing of no importance.
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