มหา
má-hǎaadjective
great
Meanings
every sense kept, sourced — never invented1n.
title confered on Buddhist monk who passed the third grade in Buddhist theologylexitron
2adj.
greatlexitron
3n.
graduate in Buddhist theology who passes at least the third grade out of nine grades in alllexitron
4adj.
largelexitron
5n.
the ecclesiastical title given to a priest who has passed the third level of the examination เปรียญธรรมwiktionary
6pref.
grand; great(morpheme)wiktionary
Built from
Borrowed from Pali mahā (“grand; great”); perhaps via Old Khmer mahā°, mhā° (“grand; great”). Compare Modern Khmer មហា (mĕəʼhaa), Burmese မဟာ (ma.ha).
A note on usage
สมณศักดิ์ที่ใช้นำหน้าชื่อภิกษุผู้ที่สอบไล่ได้ตั้งแต่เปรียญธรรม 3 ประโยคขึ้นไป