मार्ग

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga). Doublet of माँग (māṅg).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɑːɾɡ/,

Noun

मार्ग • (mārg) m (Urdu spelling مارگ)

1. path, road, route

   यह मार्ग नदी तक जाता है। ― yah mārg nadī tak jātā hai. ― This path leads to the river.

2. way

   गाँव के मार्ग पर, कुछ फल ख़रीदो।

   gā̃v ke mārg par, kuch phal xarīdo.

   On the way to the village, buy some fruit.

Declension

Synonyms

• डगर (ḍagar)
• रास्ता (rāstā)

Descendants

• → English: marg

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “मार्ग”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga). Doublet of माग (māg).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾ.ɡə/
• Hyphenation: मार्‧ग, मार्ग
• Rhymes: -ə

Noun

मार्ग • (mārga) m

1. path, road, route
2. way (in street names)

Declension

Synonyms

• पथ (path)
• रस्ता (rastā)
• वाट (vāṭ)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “मार्ग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मार्ग”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Phonetic Devanagari: मार्ग

Noun

मार्ग • (mārga)

1. street, road (in street names)
2. path, way

Proper noun

मार्ग • (mārga)

1. Margashirsha
   1. the eighth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
   2. the ninth month in the lunar Hindu calendar

   Synonym: मङ्सिर (maṅsira)

Related terms

• (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) ^{(Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)}

Further reading

• “मार्ग”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś)‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of मृग (mṛga, “game animal; deer”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑːɾ.ɡɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːɾ.ɡɐ/

Adjective

मार्ग • (mārga)

1. belonging to, or coming from, wild game (such as deer)

Noun

मार्ग • (mārga) stem, m

1. way, road, route, path
2. track of a wild animal
3. reach, range
4. way, manner, method, custom, usage
5. mark, scar
6. ground for litigation

Declension

Descendants

• Dhivehi: މަގު (magu)
• → Kannada: ಮಾರ್ಗ (mārga)
• → Marathi: मार्ग (mārga)
• → Malay: marga
  • Indonesian: marga
• → Old Javanese: mārga
  • Javanese: ꦩꦂꦒꦶ (margi), ꦩꦼꦂꦒ (merga), ꦩꦼꦂꦒꦶ (mergi), ꦩꦂꦒ (marga)
    • → Indonesian: marga (semantic loan)
  • → Balinese: ᬫᬵᬃᬕ (marga)
• Odia: ମାର୍ଗୋଲି (margoli)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਮਗ (maga)
• Pali: magga
• → Punjabi: ਮਾਰਗ (mārag)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕 (magga)
  • Hindi: मांग (māṅg)
• → Tamil: மார்க்கம் (mārkkam)
• → Telugu: మార్గము (mārgamu)
• → Urdu: مارگ
• → English: marga
• → Hindi: मार्ग (mārg)
  • → English: marg

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मार्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 812/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 350-1