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Definition: Mahatma |
MahatmaNoun1. (Hinduism) term of respect for a Brahmin sage. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Mahatma" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a great soul". |
Date "mahatma" was first used: 1884. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Proficient | Noun: proficient, expert, adept, dab; dabster, crackerjack; connoisseur; (scholar); master, master hand; prima donna, first fiddle, top gun, chef de cuisine, top sawyer; protagonist; past master; mahatma. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Mahatma |
| English words defined with "mahatma": Gandhian ♦ Satyagraha. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Mahatma" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (Mahatma). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If there's one thing Mahatma Gandhi stand for, its revenge (Clone High; writing credit: Damian Chapa) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Mahatma Phule (1954) Waiting for the Mahatma (1998) The Making of the Mahatma (1995) Daku Aur Mahatma (1977) Aaj Ka Mahatma (1976) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Mahatma Gandhi seated on deck of the S.S. Rajputna with Madeline Slade lying on the deck. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Samri S. Baldwin, the white mahatma and a superb company. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | After the Quit-India movement by Mahatma Gandhi-- the kick India movement by Indira Gandhi! : India's honour buried in Rabat. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Mahatma Gandhi | You must be the change you wish to see in the world. |
| There are ninety-nine men who believe in honesty for every honest man. | |
| Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. | |
| The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | India | After independence, the Congress Party, the party of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, ruled India under the influence first of Nehru and then his daughter and grandson, with the exception of two brief periods in the 1970s and 1980s. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Mahatma" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.00% of the time. "Mahatma" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 95% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (singular) | 5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 20 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "mahatma": Mahatma Gandhi ♦ Mahatma Ghandi. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "mahatma"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | Мъдрец, Махатма, 'исоко Уважаван човек. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | マネーフロー分析 (kind of bicycle favored by housewives running errands around their neighborhood, mafia, maharaja, mahogany, Mahomet, malaria, Malibu, Mama, management, manager, mannequin, mannequin girl, manometer, maracas, maraschino, marathon, Maya, mayonnaise, monetarism, money laundering, money market, money-flow analysis, moneymaker, muff, muffin, muffler, scarf). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | マハトマ . (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ahatmamay.(various references) | |
Romanian | Mahatma. (various references) | |
Turkish | Evliya (Saint). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sanskrit | 300 BCE-Modern | maha. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "mahatma": mahatmas. (additional references) | |
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"Mahatma" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adhyatma, Amchitka, amphiuma, magatama, maham, Mahamar, Mahammama, mahat, Mahit, Mahratta, Mahtani, Mashima, mazatzal, Mechata, Mehitema, Mpheta, Mukhtara, Nahema, Nkhata. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "mahatma" (pronounced 'Ma*hat"ma'): Aboma, Adenoma, Adipoma, Amma, Amphiuma, Analemma, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Bema, Blastema, BRAHMA, Brama, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Coloboma, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Enigma, fibroma, GAMMA, gemma, Georama, Glama, Glaucoma, Glioma, gumma, hematoma, Hypoderma, karma, Kokama, Lecama, lemma, Lepisma, leucoma, Lima, lipoma, llama, Loma. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-h-m-m-t" | |
-3 letters: amah, atma, mama, math. | |
-4 letters: aah, aha, ama, ham, hat, hmm, mat, tam. | |
-5 letters: aa, ah, am, at, ha, hm, ma, mm, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-h-m-m-t" | |
+1 letter: mahatmas. | |
+3 letters: hematomata. | |
+5 letters: hemangiomata, mathematical. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Bibliography |
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