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in reply to a message by Mahith/Mahit
Difficult to say without seeing the Indian spelling. There is a Sanskrit root magh/maMh/mah, cognate with English much and Latin magnus, which means to magnify, gladden, excite, honour, elate etc. From that one gets the word mahita (with the last -a dropped in many modern Indian languages) which means honoured, and which has been used as a name in ancient times.
I have not heard that as a name or a word, though. So, if you are seeing this as a name, it could be from a language I am not familiar with, a revival from scholarly sources, an analogical formation, or a variant spelling of another name. A quite common name which sounds similar is Mohit, from the root muh, to be bewildered, and meaning infatuated (by beauty, love, etc.).
I have not heard that as a name or a word, though. So, if you are seeing this as a name, it could be from a language I am not familiar with, a revival from scholarly sources, an analogical formation, or a variant spelling of another name. A quite common name which sounds similar is Mohit, from the root muh, to be bewildered, and meaning infatuated (by beauty, love, etc.).
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