Khmer Dictionary: មហា

1. មហា [mɔhaa, meaʔhaa]
   prefix meaning `big, great, large, grand; awesome; superior' usually occurring in words of Indic origin
   
2. មហា ( n ) [mɔhaa, meaʔhaa]
   rank conferred upon a Buddhist monk after he passes an examination on various aspects of Buddhist doctrine
   
3. មហា ( n ) [mɔhaa, meaʔhaa]
   middle man / intermediary in a wedding ceremony
   See: មហាទេព, មហាមន្ត្រី, អ្នកមហា
4. មហា ( adv ) [mɔhaa, meaʔhaa]
   really, extremely, very, immensely
   Eg. មហា​កំជិល: really lazy
1. ចេកមហាត្រកាល [ceɛk meaʔhaa~mɔhaa trɑkaal] : plantain
   
2. ចេកមហាត្រសោល [ceɛk meaʔhaa~mɔhaa trɑsaol] : banana
   
3. ចៅមហា [cav meaʔhaa~mɔhaa] : moha (the go-between representing the groom's family in wedding negotiations)
   
4. នរកមហាតាប [nɔrʊək meaʔhaa~mɔhaa taap] : hell
   
5. បិតាមហា [bəydaa meaʔhaa~mɔhaa] : grandfather ; Brahma
   
6. ព្រះមហាក្សត្រិយានី [preah meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ksatrəyyaanii] : queen
   
7. ព្រះមហាមកុដបញ្ចកោត [preah meaʔhaa~mɔhaa meaʔkot~mɔkot paɲcaʔ kaot] : royal five pointed crown
   
8. ព្រះមហាមកុដរាជ្យ [preah meaʔhaa~mɔhaa meaʔkot~mɔkot riec] : royal crown
   
9. ព្រះមហាស្វេតច្ឆត្រ [preah meaʔhaa~mɔhaa sveetaʔ~svaet -----] : nine-tiered white umbrella over the royal throne
   
10. ព្រះមហាអានន្ទ [preah meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ʔaananteaʔ~ʔaanʊənteaʔ] See: អានន្ទ (2)
11. មហាទេព [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa teep] : minister responsible for religious affairs in the royal palace
    
12. មហាទេព [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa teep] : -3
    See: មហា
13. មហាធានី [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa tʰienii] : great city, capital (city)
    
14. មហានគរ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa nɔkɔɔ] : Mahānagara (Angkor, the great realm; ancient name for Cambodia)
    
15. មហានទី [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa neaʔtii~nɔtii] : large river
    
16. មហានាគ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa niek] : Great Naga; Great Elephant (epithet of the Buddha)
    
17. មហានិកាយ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa niʔkaay] : Mohanikay (the larger and less conservative of the two Buddhist orders in Cambodia; see also ធម្មយុត្តិ )
    
18. មហានិកាយ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa niʔkaay] : Mohānikāy (the major Buddhist sect in Cambodia)
    
19. មហានុភាព [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : supreme authority, supreme power
    
20. មហាបរិញ្ញាប័ត្រ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa paʔrəɲɲaa -----] : teaching certificate (to teach in a high school or university)
    
21. មហាគ្រាម [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa kriem] : big country, large region
    
22. មហាគ្រាម [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa kriem] : great country, great nation
    
23. មហាគ្រាមភោជក [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa kriem pʰoo cɔɔ kɑɑ] : district chief
    
24. មហាគ្រឹះ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa krɨh] : building
    
25. មហាចក្រ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa cak] See: មហាចក្រពត្តិ
26. មហាចក្រពត្តិ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa cak -----] : emperor
    See: មហាចក្រពត្តិរាជ
27. មហាជន [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa cɔɔn] : the public, the people
    
28. មហាជាតក៍ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] See: មហាវេស្សន្តរជាតក
29. មហាជាតិ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ciet] : the Great Incarnation of the Buddha as King Vessantara
    
30. មហាតលិក [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa taʔlək] : royal servant / page
    
31. មហាករុណា [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa kaʔruʔnaa] : compassion, pity, tolerance
    
32. មហាកវី [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa kaʔvəy] : eminent scholar (esp. in poetry)
    
33. មហាកុហក [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa koʔhak] : charlatan
    
34. មហាក្រ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa krɑɑ] : very poor
    
35. មហាក្សត្រ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ksat] : sovereign, king
    
36. មហាក្សត្រី [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : queen
    
37. មហាគាមភោជក [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa kiem pʰoo cɔɔ kɑɑ] : district chief
    
38. មហារីក [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa riik] : cancer
    
39. មហារីក [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa riik] : heat lightning
    
40. មហារោរព [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa roorup] : Mahārorava (name of a great hell filled with the screams of the condemned)
    
41. មហាលោតផ្លោះ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa loot plɑh] : great leap (forward); by great leaps, by leaps and bounds
    
42. មហាលោតផ្លោះមហាអស្ចារ្យ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa loot plɑh meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ʔɑhcaa] : Marvelous Great Leap (KR version of Mao's Great Leap Forward Movement)
    
43. មហាលោភ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa loop] : to be greedy, covetous; ambitious; greed; ambition
    
44. មហាវគ្គ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa veak] : large crowd
    
45. មហាវគ្គ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa veak] : Mahāvagga (name of a Buddhist canonical treatise)
    
46. មហាវិថី [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa viʔtʰǝy] : boulevard
    
47. មហាវិទ្យាធិការ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : rector of a university
    
48. មហាយក្ស [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : giant.
    
49. មហាយក្ស [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : great power
    
50. មហាយញ្ញ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa yoaɲ~yoɲɲeaʔ] : great sacrifice / offering (in Brahman rituals)
    
51. មហាយាន [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa yien] : Mahayana Buddhism
    
52. មហាយុគ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa yuk] : the Great Period (the time that humans have existed, 4,320,000 years)
    
53. មហាយុទ្ធ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa yut~yuttʰeaʔ] : large-scale war
    
54. មហារញ្ញ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : great forest
    
55. មហារលាយ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa rɔliey] : kind of medicinal plant
    
56. មហារាជ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa riec] : emperor
    
57. មហារាត្រ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa rie trɑɑ] : midnight
    
58. មហាសត្ត [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa sattaʔ] : the Great Being (epithet of the Buddha before he attained Nirvana)
    
59. មហាសន្និបាត [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa sɑnniʔbaat] : general assembly
    
60. មហាសមុទ្រ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa saʔmot~saʔmottreaʔ-] : ocean
    
61. មហាសាគរ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa saakɔɔ] : ocean
    
62. មហាសាមគ្គី [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa saameakkii] : great cooperation, great unity
    
63. មហាសាល [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa saal] : very rich man; to be very rich
    
64. មហាសាវក [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa saavak] : the 80 disciples of the Buddha
    
65. មហាសុមេធាធិបតី [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : a title of the highest ranking Cambodian Buddhist monk in the Mohanikay Order
    
66. មហាសេដ្ឋី [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa seɛttʰǝy] : wealthy man, mandarin
    
67. មហាសេវ័ក [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : high ranking royal servant
    
68. មហាសែន [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa saen] : + ADJ to be exceedingly ADJ eg. មហាសែនល្អ . to be exceedingly good
    
69. មហាស្រណុក [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa srɑnok] : person who has an easy life; easy task
    
70. មហាស្រណុក [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa srɑnok] : kind of disease that causes a person to be constantly sleepy
    
71. មហាស្រ័យ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa sray] : to be magnanimous, high-minded
    
72. មហាហង្ស [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa haŋ] : kind of ornamental tree with bright red clusters of flowers
    
73. មហាហិង្គុ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : kind of acrid resin used in the preparation of certain medicines
    
74. មហាឡិក [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] See: មហាតលិក
75. មហាអគ្គិភ័យ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ʔakkiʔ pʰey] : conflagration
    
76. មហាត្មា [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa tmaa] See: មហាត្ម័ន
77. មហាត្ម័ន [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : good heart; open heart; openness; good-hearted person
    
78. មហាថេរ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa tʰeɛ] : senior monk (one who has at least 10 years of seniority)
    
79. មហាថៃ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa tʰay] See: មហាតថៃ
80. មហាថ្លៃ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa tlay] See: មហាត្រកាល
81. មហាទក្សា [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : kind of horoscope
    
82. មហាទាន [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa tie nɔɔ] : great sacrifice; great gift
    
83. មហាទុក្ខ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa tuk] : great suffering
    
84. មហាទុរគត [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : destitute person
    
85. មហាទុរភិក្ស [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : famine, starvation
    
86. មហាវិទ្យាល័យ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa vittyielay] : university
    
87. មហាវិនាស [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa viʔnieh] : cataclysm, disaster
    
88. មហាវិមលធម្ម [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa viʔmeaʔleaʔ~viʔmɔǝl tʰoammeaʔ~tʰoam] : high ranking Cambodian Buddhist monk
    
89. មហាវីរិយៈ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : maximum perseverance
    
90. មហាវេស្សន្តរជាតក [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa veehsɑntaʔraʔ~veehsɑndɑɑ ciedɑk~cietɑk] : the Vessantara Jataka (the story of Prince Vessantara who was the Buddha's next to last incarnation, a favorite story of Cambodian Buddhists)
    
91. មហាសករាជ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa saʔkraac~saʔkaʔraac] : the Buddhist `Great Era' (it began in the Buddhist year 621) (= A.D. 78)
    
92. មហាសង្ក្រាន្ត [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa sɑŋkraan] : calendar, almanac; name of the first day of the 3-day Cambodian New Year holiday
    
93. មហាសង្គ្រាមជាតិ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa sɑŋkriem ciet] : Great Patriotic War
    
94. មហាសង្ឃរាជ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa sɑŋ riec] : title of the highest-ranking Cambodian Buddhist monk
    
95. មហាបុរិសលក្ខណៈ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : the 32 characteristics of a `great man' (e.g. a high king or a Buddha)
    
96. មហាប្រឹថពី [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : the universe, the whole world
    
97. មហាផល [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa pʰɑl] : rich harvest; excellent result; large fruit
    
98. មហាផ្ទៃ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ptey] : internal affairs
    
99. មហាពន [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa pɔɔn] : deep forest; Mahāvana (the seventh volume of a treatise describing previous births of the Buddha)
    
100. មហាពោធិ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa pootʰiʔ] : the Great Bodhi tree under which the Buddha sat to receive spiritual enlightenment
     
101. មហាព្រហ្ម [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa prum] : the Great Brahman; the third sphere of the Brahman World
     
102. មហាភារតៈ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : The Mahabharata
     
103. មហាភិនិស្ក្រម [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : the Great Going Forth from Home (name of the Buddha's celebrated abandonment of his family)
     
104. មហាភ័យ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa pʰey] : great danger / calamity
     
105. មហាមគ្គ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa meak] : large road
     
106. មហាមន្ត្រី [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa mʊəntrəy] : Director of Protocol, Director of the Royal Palace, High Chamberlain
     
107. មហាមន្ទីរ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa mʊəntii] : royal audience and ceremonial hall in the palace
     
108. មហាមាត្រ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa miet] : high-ranking Cambodian military official
     
109. មហាមាយា [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa mieyie]
110. មហាមិត្ត [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa mit~mɨt] : great friend (formerly used by one ruler to refer to another ruler or nation)
     
111. មហាមុនី [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : great wise man (epithet of the Buddha)
     
112. មហាមេឃ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa meek] : dark sky, dark cloud; heavy rain
     
113. មហាអមាត្យ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ʔaʔmaat] : high ranking official
     
114. មហាអយ្យការអមតុលាការប្រជាជនកំពូល [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ʔayyeaʔ kaa ʔɑɑm toʔlaakaa prɑcie cɔɔn kɑmpuul] : People's High Tribunal
     
115. មហាអវីចី [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ʔaʔviicǝy] : Mahāqavīcī (name of a vast legendary hell)
     
116. មហាអុច [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ʔoc] : kind of skin disease characterized by painful blisters
     
117. មហាអំណាច [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ʔɑmnaac] : great power, super power
     
118. មហាអំណាច [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ʔɑmnaac] : great power, world power, super power
     
119. មហាឥសី [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : great hermit, wisest of all wise men (often endowed with supernatural powers)
     
120. មហាឥស្សរាធិបតី [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ʔəhsaʔraatʰɨppaʔdəy] : title of the Cambodian king
     
121. មហាឧត្តម [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ʔutdɑm] : to be excellent, impressive
     
122. មហាឧបរាជ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa ʔuʔpaʔraac~ʔoʔpaʔraac] : title of highest-ranking Cambodian prince, vice-king
     
123. មហាឫសី [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa rɨʔsǝy] See: មហាឥសី
124. មហាឫស្សីសំឡេវ [meaʔhaa~mɔhaa rɨhsǝy -----] : kind of tree which is supposed to have the property of curing any sickness (found in the vicinity of Angkor Thom)
     
125. រាជមហាមាត្យ [riec meaʔhaa~mɔhaa -----] : military chief of a king; prime minister
     
126. សត្តមហាឋាន [sattaʔ meaʔhaa~mɔhaa tʰaan] : Sattamahāṭhāna (another name for Buddhagaya, a location in Northern India on the Neranjara River near Bihar where the Buddha attained enlightenment; one of the Buddhist holy places)
     
127. ស្ថានមហាស្នងការប៉ូលិស [stʰaan meaʔhaa~mɔhaa snɑɑŋ kaa poolih] : central police station, police headquarters
     
128. អគ្គមហាបណ្ឌិត [ʔaʔkeaʔ meaʔhaa~mɔhaa bɑndɨt] : high ranking scholar
     
129. អមតមហានិព្វាន [ʔaʔmaʔtaʔ meaʔhaa~mɔhaa nippien~niʔpien] : complete Nirvana
     
130. ឧកញ៉ាមហាវិនិច្ឆ័យ [ʔokɲaa meaʔhaa~mɔhaa viʔnɨccʰay~viʔnɨccʰaʔyaʔ] : title of one of the presidents of the court of appeals
     
131. ឧកញ៉ាមហាសេនា [ʔokɲaa meaʔhaa~mɔhaa seɛnaa] See: ឧកញ៉ាចៅហ្វ៊ា
132. អ្នកមហា [neak meaʔhaa~mɔhaa] : man who leads the groom through the various phases of the wedding ceremony; individuals, (usually a married couple), who serve as the representatives of the groom's parents in the marriage ceremony