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English
Etymology
From Japanese 円, 丸 (まる, maru, “circle”, also a suffix for ship names).
Pronunciation
Noun
maru (plural marus)
- (prepositive or postpositive) A suffix of Japanese ship names.
the Nippon Maru
- (colloquial) A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.
- Synonym: handakuten
- A large, circular punctuation mark (。) used as a full stop in Japanese text.
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Anguthimri
Noun
maru
- (Mpakwithi) queenfish
References
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 187
Cubeo
Pronunciation
Conjunction
maru
- if (in nasal environment).
- Ijimʉ moare ãñʉ maru, ãmeno nʉcʉyʉme.
- If the patient eats fish, he will get worse.
Synonyms
References
- N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "maru", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
- N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN
Japanese
Romanization
maru
- Rōmaji transcription of まる
Javanese
Romanization
maru
- Romanization of ꦩꦫꦸ.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
maru f (definite singular maro, indefinite plural marur, definite plural marune)
- (pre-1917) alternative form of mare
Anagrams
Old Javanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ru/
- Rhymes: -ru
- Hyphenation: ma‧ru
Etymology 1
Affixed ro, rwa (“two”) + ma- (“active verb prefix”).
Noun
maru
- co-wife (in a polygamous marriage)
Adjective
maru
- jealous
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Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit मरु (maru, “wilderness”).
Noun
maru
- wilderness
- sandy waste, desert
Further reading
- "maru" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀫𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- मरु (Devanagari script)
- মরু (Bengali script)
- මරු (Sinhalese script)
- မရု (Burmese script)
- มรุ or มะรุ (Thai script)
- ᨾᩁᩩ (Tai Tham script)
- ມຣຸ or ມະຣຸ (Lao script)
- មរុ (Khmer script)
- 𑄟𑄢𑄪 (Chakma script)
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
maru m
- deity
Declension
Declension table of "maru" (masculine)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
maru f
- sand
- (by extension) sandy waste