مار

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See also: ماز

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Classical Syriac ܡܪܝ (mār(ī)), the first-person singular possessed form of ܡܪܐ (mārā, lord, master).

Pronunciation

Noun

مَار (mārm

  1. (Christianity) Lord; Saint; Mar (honorific title for a man of religion, most often a saint)
    • Matthew 7:21:
      لَيْسَ كُلُّ مَنْ يَقُولُ لِي: يَا مَار! يَا مَار! يَدْخُلُ مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، بَلْ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِإِرَادَةِ أَبِي الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ
      laysa kullu man yaqūlu lī: yā mār!mār! yadḵulu malakūta s-samāwāti, bal man yaʿmalu bi-ʾirādati ʾabī llaḏī fī s-samāwāti.
      Not everyone who says to me, O Lord! O Lord! will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Root
م ر ر (m r r)
12 terms

Derived from the active participle of مَرَّ (marra, to pass, to stroll by).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مَارّ (mārr) (feminine مَارَّة (mārra), masculine plural مَارُّونَ (mārrūna), feminine plural مَارَّات (mārrāt))

  1. passing
    الْمَارّ ذِكْرُهُ (al-mārr ḏikruhu)the above-mentioned, the aforesaid, the above
  2. going by, walking past, riding past, going across, walking, transient
  3. going on foot
Declension

Noun

مَارّ (mārrm (plural مَارُّون (mārrūn) or مَارَّة (mārra))

  1. passer-by, pedestrian, walker, stroller
Declension

Etymology 3

Root
م و ر (m w r)
2 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

مَارَ (māra) I (non-past يَمُورُ (yamūru), verbal noun مَوْر (mawr))

  1. to budge, to move forth, to rise across the surface, to fluctuate, to undergo commotion
    • 2018 September 10, “ar: "إعصاران نادران" في وقت واحد يثيران قلقا عالميا”, in Sky News Arabia:
      ولا تحدث الأعاصير في العادة بشكل متزامن في المحيطين، فحين يمور المحيط الهادئ بالعاصفة يكون المحيط الأطلسي هادئا".
      Typhoons don’t usually appear simultaneously in the two oceans: When the Pacific Ocean is moved by a storm the Atlantic Ocean is calm.
Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “مار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 220
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1232

Baluchi

Noun

مار (már)

  1. snake
  2. serpent

Brahui

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *maṯ-. Cognate with Tamil மறி (maṟi, foal, young of sheep). Related to مَڷ (mał, son), مَلْخُڑ (malxuṛ, son's wife).

Noun

مَار (mār)

  1. son, boy, lad
    Antonym: مَسِڑ (masiṛ)

Derived terms

References

  • Bray, Denys (1934) “mār”, in The Brahui Language, Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 201
  • Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “4764”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭠𐭥 (mār).

Noun

Northern Kurdish mar

مار (mar)

  1. snake

Mazanderani

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *máHtā (compare Persian مادر, Baluchi مات (mát), Pashto مور (mor), Ossetian мад (mad), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā.

Noun

مار (mâr)

  1. mother

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian مار (mâr, snake).

Noun

مار (mar)

  1. snake, any reptile of the suborder Serpentes
    Synonyms: حیه (hayye), ییلان (yılan)
  2. piece or lock of curling hair, ringlet
    Synonym: پورچك (pürçek)
  3. shred, particle, small and scattered fragment
  4. title of the governor of Gharchistan, in Persia
Descendants
  • Turkish: mar

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مَارّ (mārr, passing).

Adjective

مار (mar)

  1. passing, that passes, transient
Descendants

Further reading

Persian

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭠𐭥 (mār), from Old Iranian *māra-. A derivation from *marθra- suffers from phonetic problems.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? mār
Dari reading? mār
Iranian reading? mâr
Tajik reading? mor
  • Audio (Iran):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːr

Noun

Dari مار
Iranian Persian
Tajik мор

مار (mâr) (plural مارها (mâr-hâ))

  1. snake
  2. serpent