Mauta, Māūta: 3 definitions
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Mauta means something in Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Maut.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymāūta (माऊत) [or द, da].—(Commonly mahāta) An elephant driver or keeper.
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mauta (मौत).—f ( A Death.) Death. Applied also to any great calamity or affliction; as in vikata mauta A wilfully incurred trouble. See vikata khōkalā & vikata ghōra. The word is not common.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmauta (मौत).—f Death; any great calamity.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryMauta (मौत) [Also spelled maut]:—(nf) death, demise; mortality; —[ānā] the end to come; a mortal calamity to befall; —[kā ghara dekha jānā/lenā] death to have known the road that leads to one’s threshold; —[kā śikāra honā] to fall a prey to death, to die; —[kā sāmanā] face to face with death, being in the grip of a mortal crisis; —[kā sira para khelanā] death to hover around the corner, —[kī ghaḍī] the moment of death, the end; —[ke ghāṭa utāranā] to put to death; —[ke muṃha meṃ kūdanā/jānā] to risk one’s life; to be in the cruel clutches of death; —[ke muṃha se bacanā] a close call; —[sira para khelanā/nācanā/maṃḍarānā] death to stare in the face.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Mautak.
Full-text: Cuha, Chuha, Jimdagi, Kutta, Saja, Maut, Apana, Sira, Shir.
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