मर्त

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See also: मरुत्, मूर्ति, मारुति, मुर्ती, मरति, and मारुत

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

মৰ্ত (Assamese script)
ᬫᬃᬢ (Balinese script)
মর্ত (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰨𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀭𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
မရ်္တ (Burmese script)
મર્ત (Gujarati script)
ਮਰ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦂꦠ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂩𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
ಮರ್ತ (Kannada script)
មត៌ (Khmer script)
ມຣ຺ຕ (Lao script)
മര്ത (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠᡵᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘨𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᠷᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧈𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐬𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
ମର୍ତ (Odia script)
ꢪꢬ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆫𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖨𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
මර්‍ත (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩼 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚤𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
மர்த (Tamil script)
మర్త (Telugu script)
มรฺต (Thai script)
མ་རྟ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒩𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨫𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mártas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mártas, from Proto-Indo-European *mór-tos, from *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 (mar^əta), Ancient Greek μορτός (mortós).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́ɾ.tɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐɾ.t̪ɐ/

Noun

मर्त • (márta) stem, m (root मृ)

a mortal, man
Synonyms: पुरुष (púruṣa), मनुष्य (manuṣyà), नर (nára), मानव (mānavá), मानुष (mā́nuṣa, mānuṣá)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.5.10:
  मा नो॒ मर्ता॑ अ॒भि द्रु॑हन्त॒नूना॑मिन्द्र गिर्वणः ।
  ईशा॑नो यवया व॒धम् ॥
  mā́ no mártā abhí druhantanū́nāmindra girvaṇaḥ.
  ī́śāno yavayā vadhám.
  O Indra, thou who lovest song, do not let any man hurt our bodies.
  Keep slaughter far from us for thou canst.
Earth, the mortal world

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मर्त (márta)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मर्तः mártaḥ	मर्तौ / मर्ता¹ mártau / mártā¹	मर्ताः / मर्तासः¹ mártāḥ / mártāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मर्त márta	मर्तौ / मर्ता¹ mártau / mártā¹	मर्ताः / मर्तासः¹ mártāḥ / mártāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मर्तम् mártam	मर्तौ / मर्ता¹ mártau / mártā¹	मर्तान् mártān
Instrumental	मर्तेन mártena	मर्ताभ्याम् mártābhyām	मर्तैः / मर्तेभिः¹ mártaiḥ / mártebhiḥ¹
Dative	मर्ताय mártāya	मर्ताभ्याम् mártābhyām	मर्तेभ्यः mártebhyaḥ
Ablative	मर्तात् mártāt	मर्ताभ्याम् mártābhyām	मर्तेभ्यः mártebhyaḥ
Genitive	मर्तस्य mártasya	मर्तयोः mártayoḥ	मर्तानाम् mártānām
Locative	मर्ते márte	मर्तयोः mártayoḥ	मर्तेषु márteṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मर्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 791, column 1.

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