मार
Hindi
Etymology
From मारना (mārnā, “to kill”).
Noun
मार • (mār) f
- killing.
- a beating, fight.
- target; shot, strike, goal.
- Synonym: निशाना (niśānā)
- loss, grief.
- Synonym: दुःख (duḥkh)
Declension
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
मार m
- killer
- one who frustrates other's benefaction
Declension
Declension table of "मार" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | मारो (māro) | मारा (mārā) |
Accusative (second) | मारं (māraṃ) | मारे (māre) |
Instrumental (third) | मारेन (mārena) | मारेहि (mārehi) or मारेभि (mārebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | मारस्स (mārassa) or माराय (mārāya) or मारत्थं (māratthaṃ) | मारानं (mārānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | मारस्मा (mārasmā) or मारम्हा (māramhā) or मारा (mārā) | मारेहि (mārehi) or मारेभि (mārebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | मारस्स (mārassa) | मारानं (mārānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | मारस्मिं (mārasmiṃ) or मारम्हि (māramhi) or मारे (māre) | मारेसु (māresu) |
Vocative (calling) | मार (māra) | मारा (mārā) |
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mā́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *mór-os, from *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Lithuanian mãras.
Pronunciation
Adjective
मार • (mā́ra)
- (√मृ) killing, destroying.
Noun
मार • (mā́ra) stem, m
- death, pestilence.
- slaying, killing (compare पशु-म्°).
- an obstacle, hindrance.
- the passion of love, god of love.
- (Buddhism) the Destroyer, Evil One (who tempts men to indulge their passions and is the great enemy of the बुद्ध and his religion; four मारs are enumerated in Dharmas. 80, viz. स्कन्ध-, क्लेश-, देवपुत्र-, and मृत्यु-म्°; but the later Buddhist theory of races of gods led to the figment of millions of मारs ruled over by a chief मार).
- the thorn-apple L.
- pestilence (also personified as the goddess of death and identified with दुर्गा).
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of मार (mā́ra) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मारः mā́raḥ |
मारौ / मारा¹ mā́rau / mā́rā¹ |
माराः / मारासः¹ mā́rāḥ / mā́rāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | मार mā́ra |
मारौ / मारा¹ mā́rau / mā́rā¹ |
माराः / मारासः¹ mā́rāḥ / mā́rāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | मारम् mā́ram |
मारौ / मारा¹ mā́rau / mā́rā¹ |
मारान् mā́rān |
Instrumental | मारेण mā́reṇa |
माराभ्याम् mā́rābhyām |
मारैः / मारेभिः¹ mā́raiḥ / mā́rebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | माराय mā́rāya |
माराभ्याम् mā́rābhyām |
मारेभ्यः mā́rebhyaḥ |
Ablative | मारात् mā́rāt |
माराभ्याम् mā́rābhyām |
मारेभ्यः mā́rebhyaḥ |
Genitive | मारस्य mā́rasya |
मारयोः mā́rayoḥ |
माराणाम् mā́rāṇām |
Locative | मारे mā́re |
मारयोः mā́rayoḥ |
मारेषु mā́reṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
- Balinese: ᬫᬵᬭ (mara)
- → Chinese: 魔羅/魔罗 (móluó)
- → Japanese: 魔羅 (mara)
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
- → Khmer: មារ (miə)
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=.
References
- Monier-Williams' Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.
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