मर्यादा

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मर्यादा (maryā́dā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /məɾ.jɑː.d̪ɑː/,

Noun

मर्यादा (maryādāf (Urdu spelling مَرْیادا)

  1. limit, boundary, restriction; frontier
    Synonym: सीमा (sīmā)
  2. dignity
    Synonym: गरिमा (garimā)

Declension

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Uncertain. As the oldest meaning is "border", Mayrhofer prefers the connection to Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀 (marəza, border region) and Persian مرز (marz, border), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (compare English march (borderland)) over the connection to *móri (the sea) (compare Latin mare, English mere (lake)).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

मर्यादा (maryā́dā) stemf

  1. shore
  2. limit, restriction
  3. range
  4. end
  5. frontier
  6. bank of a water body
  7. bounds of morality
  8. rules and customs
  9. covenant, agreement, bond, or contract

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मर्यादा
singular dual plural
nominative मर्यादा (maryā́dā) मर्यादे (maryā́de) मर्यादाः (maryā́dāḥ)
vocative मर्यादे (máryāde) मर्यादे (máryāde) मर्यादाः (máryādāḥ)
accusative मर्यादाम् (maryā́dām) मर्यादे (maryā́de) मर्यादाः (maryā́dāḥ)
instrumental मर्यादया (maryā́dayā)
मर्यादा¹ (maryā́dā¹)
मर्यादाभ्याम् (maryā́dābhyām) मर्यादाभिः (maryā́dābhiḥ)
dative मर्यादायै (maryā́dāyai) मर्यादाभ्याम् (maryā́dābhyām) मर्यादाभ्यः (maryā́dābhyaḥ)
ablative मर्यादायाः (maryā́dāyāḥ)
मर्यादायै² (maryā́dāyai²)
मर्यादाभ्याम् (maryā́dābhyām) मर्यादाभ्यः (maryā́dābhyaḥ)
genitive मर्यादायाः (maryā́dāyāḥ)
मर्यादायै² (maryā́dāyai²)
मर्यादयोः (maryā́dayoḥ) मर्यादानाम् (maryā́dānām)
locative मर्यादायाम् (maryā́dāyām) मर्यादयोः (maryā́dayoḥ) मर्यादासु (maryā́dāsu)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 331

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