English Explanatory Dictionary

mahant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A head or chief of a monastery.

Word forms

mahant mahants

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi महान्त (mahānt), from Sanskrit महान् (mahān, “great”).

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