مار

See also: ماز

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːr/

Noun

مَار • (mār) m

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! yā 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

Declension of noun مَار (mār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَار mār	الْمَار al-mār	مَار mār
Nominative	مَارٌ mārun	الْمَارُ al-māru	مَارُ māru
Accusative	مَارًا māran	الْمَارَ al-māra	مَارَ māra
Genitive	مَارٍ mārin	الْمَارِ al-māri	مَارِ māri

Synonyms

• قديس (qiddīs) (for saints)

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

• IPA^(key): /maːrr/

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

Declension of adjective مَارّ (mārr)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَارّ mārr	الْمَارّ al-mārr	مَارَّة mārra	الْمَارَّة al-mārra
Nominative	مَارٌّ mārrun	الْمَارُّ al-mārru	مَارَّةٌ mārratun	الْمَارَّةُ al-mārratu
Accusative	مَارًّا mārran	الْمَارَّ al-mārra	مَارَّةً mārratan	الْمَارَّةَ al-mārrata
Genitive	مَارٍّ mārrin	الْمَارِّ al-mārri	مَارَّةٍ mārratin	الْمَارَّةِ al-mārrati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَارَّيْن mārrayn	الْمَارَّيْن al-mārrayn	مَارَّتَيْن mārratayn	الْمَارَّتَيْن al-mārratayn
Nominative	مَارَّانِ mārrāni	الْمَارَّانِ al-mārrāni	مَارَّتَانِ mārratāni	الْمَارَّتَانِ al-mārratāni
Accusative	مَارَّيْنِ mārrayni	الْمَارَّيْنِ al-mārrayni	مَارَّتَيْنِ mārratayni	الْمَارَّتَيْنِ al-mārratayni
Genitive	مَارَّيْنِ mārrayni	الْمَارَّيْنِ al-mārrayni	مَارَّتَيْنِ mārratayni	الْمَارَّتَيْنِ al-mārratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَارِّين mārrīn	الْمَارِّين al-mārrīn	مَارَّات mārrāt	الْمَارَّات al-mārrāt
Nominative	مَارُّونَ mārrūna	الْمَارُّونَ al-mārrūna	مَارَّاتٌ mārrātun	الْمَارَّاتُ al-mārrātu
Accusative	مَارِّينَ mārrīna	الْمَارِّينَ al-mārrīna	مَارَّاتٍ mārrātin	الْمَارَّاتِ al-mārrāti
Genitive	مَارِّينَ mārrīna	الْمَارِّينَ al-mārrīna	مَارَّاتٍ mārrātin	الْمَارَّاتِ al-mārrāti

Noun

مَارّ • (mārr) m (plural مَارُّون (mārrūn) or مَارَّة (mārra))

1. passer-by, pedestrian, walker, stroller

Declension

Declension of noun مَارّ (mārr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَارّ mārr	الْمَارّ al-mārr	مَارّ mārr
Nominative	مَارٌّ mārrun	الْمَارُّ al-mārru	مَارُّ mārru
Accusative	مَارًّا mārran	الْمَارَّ al-mārra	مَارَّ mārra
Genitive	مَارٍّ mārrin	الْمَارِّ al-mārri	مَارِّ mārri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَارَّيْن mārrayn	الْمَارَّيْن al-mārrayn	مَارَّيْ mārray
Nominative	مَارَّانِ mārrāni	الْمَارَّانِ al-mārrāni	مَارَّا mārrā
Accusative	مَارَّيْنِ mārrayni	الْمَارَّيْنِ al-mārrayni	مَارَّيْ mārray
Genitive	مَارَّيْنِ mārrayni	الْمَارَّيْنِ al-mārrayni	مَارَّيْ mārray
Plural	sound masculine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَارِّين‎; مَارَّة mārrīn‎; mārra	الْمَارِّين‎; الْمَارَّة al-mārrīn‎; al-mārra	مَارِّي‎; مَارَّة mārrī‎; mārrat
Nominative	مَارُّونَ‎; مَارَّةٌ mārrūna‎; mārratun	الْمَارُّونَ‎; الْمَارَّةُ al-mārrūna‎; al-mārratu	مَارُّو‎; مَارَّةُ mārrū‎; mārratu
Accusative	مَارِّينَ‎; مَارَّةً mārrīna‎; mārratan	الْمَارِّينَ‎; الْمَارَّةَ al-mārrīna‎; al-mārrata	مَارِّي‎; مَارَّةَ mārrī‎; mārrata
Genitive	مَارِّينَ‎; مَارَّةٍ mārrīna‎; mārratin	الْمَارِّينَ‎; الْمَارَّةِ al-mārrīna‎; al-mārrati	مَارِّي‎; مَارَّةِ mārrī‎; mārrati

Etymology 3

Root
م و ر (m w r)
2 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː.ra/

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^[1]:

     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

    Conjugation of مَارَ (I, hollow, a ~ u, no passive, verbal noun مَوْر)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						مَوْر mawr
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مَائِر māʔir
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	مُرْتُ murtu	مُرْتَ murta	مَارَ māra		مُرْتُمَا murtumā	مَارَا mārā		مُرْنَا murnā	مُرْتُمْ murtum	مَارُوا mārū
	f		مُرْتِ murti	مَارَتْ mārat			مَارَتَا māratā			مُرْتُنَّ murtunna	مُرْنَ murna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَمُورُ ʔamūru	تَمُورُ tamūru	يَمُورُ yamūru		تَمُورَانِ tamūrāni	يَمُورَانِ yamūrāni		نَمُورُ namūru	تَمُورُونَ tamūrūna	يَمُورُونَ yamūrūna
	f		تَمُورِينَ tamūrīna	تَمُورُ tamūru			تَمُورَانِ tamūrāni			تَمُرْنَ tamurna	يَمُرْنَ yamurna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَمُورَ ʔamūra	تَمُورَ tamūra	يَمُورَ yamūra		تَمُورَا tamūrā	يَمُورَا yamūrā		نَمُورَ namūra	تَمُورُوا tamūrū	يَمُورُوا yamūrū
	f		تَمُورِي tamūrī	تَمُورَ tamūra			تَمُورَا tamūrā			تَمُرْنَ tamurna	يَمُرْنَ yamurna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَمُرْ ʔamur	تَمُرْ tamur	يَمُرْ yamur		تَمُورَا tamūrā	يَمُورَا yamūrā		نَمُرْ namur	تَمُورُوا tamūrū	يَمُورُوا yamūrū
	f		تَمُورِي tamūrī	تَمُرْ tamur			تَمُورَا tamūrā			تَمُرْنَ tamurna	يَمُرْنَ yamurna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		مُرْ mur			مُورَا mūrā				مُورُوا mūrū
	f		مُورِي mūrī							مُرْنَ murna

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “مار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (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^[3] (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

• مَارَکو (mārako, “little son”)

References

• Bray, Denys (1934) “mār”, in The Brahui Language‎^[4], 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
3. shred, particle, small and scattered fragment
4. title of the governor of Gharchistan, in Persia

Descendants

• Turkish: mar

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3059
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[5], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1090
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Serpens”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[6], Vienna, column 1547
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[7], Vienna, column 4232
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1654

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مَارّ (mārr, “passing”).

Adjective

مار • (mar)

1. passing, that passes, transient

Descendants

• Turkish: mar

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3059
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[9], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1090
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[10], Vienna, column 4233
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[11], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1654

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	mār
Dari reading?	mār
Iranian reading?	mâr
Tajik reading?	mor

• Audio (Iran):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːr

Noun

Dari	مار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	мор

مار • (mâr) (plural مارها (mâr-hâ))

1. snake
2. serpent