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мари

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Bulgarian

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Pronunciation

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Particle

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мари́ (marí)

  1. (informal, dated) Used when addressing a female, usually as an intensifier, but seldom used independently. This particle hints familiarity and is primarily used in questions or expressions of wander/bewilderment.

References

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  • мари”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • мари”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Eastern Mari мари (mari, Mari language term for the Mari), a name of Indo-Iranian origin, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máryas (human, literally mortal).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ма́ри (márim anim or f anim (indeclinable)

  1. Mari person

References

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  1. ^ Parpola, A.; Carpelan, C. (2005). "The cultural counterparts to Proto-Indo-European, Proto-Uralic and Proto-Aryan: Matching the dispersal and contact patterns in the linguistic and archaeological record". In Bryant, E. F. (ed.). The Indo-Aryan controversy: Evidence and inference in Indian history. Routledge. p. 119.