Marija

Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1460. From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), ultimately from Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryám). Cognate to English Mary.

Proper noun

Marija f

1. Mary (Biblical figure)
2. a female given name from Latin.
3. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Мария (Marija), and of Maria and Marie from various languages.

Related terms

• Maija, Maira, Mairita, Māra, Marianna, Marika, Mārīte, Maruta
• Mairis, Māris

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Marija was the only given name of 18 826 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010, including Russian speakers.

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Lithuanian

Proper noun

Marija f

1. Mary (Biblical figure)
2. a female given name.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎrija/
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ri‧ja

Proper noun

Màrija f (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀рија)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary.

Declension

Declension of Marija

	singular
nominative	Marija
genitive	Marije
dative	Mariji
accusative	Mariju
vocative	Marijo
locative	Mariji
instrumental	Marijom

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maríːja/

Proper noun

Marȋja f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mary.

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Maríja
genitive	Maríje
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Maríja
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Maríje
dative (dajȃlnik)	Maríji
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Maríjo
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Maríji
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Maríjo