مرا

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Persian

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Alternative forms

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  • منو (mano) (colloquial, Iran), مره (mara) (colloquial, Afghanistan)

Etymology

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Contraction of first person singular pronoun من (man) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máyaH, Itself from Proto-Indo-European *éǵH-om; and the direct-object particle را ().

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? marā
Dari reading? marā
Iranian reading? marâ
Tajik reading? maro

Pronoun

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Dari مرا
Iranian Persian
Tajik маро

مرا (marâ)

  1. form of من (man) with the oblique particle را (), used to generate dative, genitive, and accusative forms for the first person singular pronoun.
    مرا دیدی؟
    marâ dīdī?
    Did you see me?
    (accusative)
    مرا گویی که رایی؟
    marâ gōyī kirâ-yī?
    You ask me "who are you?"
    (dative)
    مرا عهدیست با جانان
    marâ a'hdêst bâ jânân
    I have a covenant with the Beloved.
    (genitive)
  2. a second-person pronoun; تو (to, you) as a grammatical object, "me".

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَرْأَة (marʔa, woman).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.ra/, [ˈmɑ.rˤɑ]
  • Audio (Jerusalem):(file)

Noun

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مرا (maraf (plural نسوان (niswān))

  1. woman
    Synonym: ست (sitt)
  2. wife
    Synonym: زوجة (zawje)

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Urdu

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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مِرا (mirā) (Hindi spelling मिरा) (poetic)

  1. Alternative form of میرا (merā)