Martha

See also: marþa and mar thà

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Martha, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Μάρθα (Mártha), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Aramaic מַרְתָּא (martā, “mistress”), feminine of מרא (mārā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹθə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːθə/
• Hyphenation: Mar‧tha

Proper noun

Martha

1. A female given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.
   • 1947, Agatha Christie: The Labours of Hercules:

     They wanted to call her Helen, but I did put my foot down there. Knowing what her mother and father looked like! I tried hard for Martha or Dorcas or something sensible - but it was no good - waste of breath.

2. The sister of Lazarus and Mary in the New Testament.
   • Template:RQ:Authorized Version: Luke 10: 40-42:

     But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful.

Derived terms

• Martha's Vineyard

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: مَرْثَا (marṯā)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܡܪܬܐ (marta)

  Hebrew: מרתא

• Catalan: Marta (ca) f
• Danish: Martha
• Estonian: Marta
• Faroese: Marta f
• Finnish: Martta (fi)
• French: Marthe (fr)
• Galician: Marta (gl) f
• German: Martha
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌸𐌰 (marþa)
• Hawaiian: Maleka
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• Hungarian: Márta (hu)
• Icelandic: Marta (is) f
• Italian: Marta (it)
• Japanese: マーサ (Māsa)
• Latvian: Marta f
• Maori: Māta, Marata
• Northern Sami: Mártá
• Norwegian: Marta (no)
• Polish: Marta (pl)
• Portuguese: Marta (pt) f
• Russian: Ма́рфа (ru) (Márfa) (cognate), Марта (ru) f (Marta) (transliteration)
• Spanish: Marta (es)
• Swedish: Marta (sv)

biblical sister of Lazarus and Mary

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܡܪܬܐ (marta)

• Catalan: Marta (ca) f
• Danish: Martha
• Estonian: Marta
• Faroese: Marta f
• Finnish: Martta (fi)
• French: Marthe (fr)
• Galician: Marta (gl) f
• German: Marta, Martha
• Hawaiian: Mareta
• Icelandic: Marta (is) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: Marta (it)
• Latin: Martha
• Latvian: Marta f
• Maore Comorian: Marta
• Maori: Māta, Maata
• Northern Sami: Mártá
• Norwegian: Marta (no)
• Portuguese: Marta (pt) f
• Russian: Ма́рфа (ru) (Márfa)
• Spanish: Marta (es)
• Swedish: Marta (sv)
• Vietnamese: Mátta

Anagrams

• Thamar

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Danish

Proper noun

Martha

1. Martha (biblical figure)
2. a female given name

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German

Alternative forms

• Marta

Proper noun

Martha f (proper noun, genitive Martha)

1. Martha (biblical figure)
2. a female given name.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μάρθα (Mártha), from Aramaic מַרְתָּא (martā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.tʰa/, [ˈmärt̪ʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ta/, [ˈmärt̪ä]

Proper noun

Martha f (genitive Marthae); first declension

1. Martha

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Martha	Marthae
Genitive	Marthae	Marthārum
Dative	Marthae	Marthīs
Accusative	Martham	Marthās
Ablative	Marthā	Marthīs
Vocative	Martha	Marthae

Descendants

• → Catalan: Marta
• → Czech: Marta
• → Danish: Martha
• → Dutch: Marta
• → English: Martha
  • → Hawaiian: Maleka
  • → Maori: Māta
• → Estonian: Marta
• → Faroese: Marta
• → Finnish: Martta, Marppa
• → French: Marthe
• → Galician: Marta
• → German: Marta, Martha
• → Hungarian: Márta
• → Icelandic: Marta
• → Italian: Marta
• → Latvian: Marta
• → Lithuanian: Morta
• → Northern Sami: Mártá
• → Norwegian: Marte, Martha, Marthe
• → Polish: Marta
• → Portuguese: Marta
• → Romanian: Marta
• → Slovak: Marta
• → Slovene: Marta
• → Spanish: Marta
• → Swedish: Marta

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Martha

1. a female given name, alternative spelling of Marta

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Martha f

1. a female given name, variant of Marta