marama

See also: mārama and maramă

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Arabic مَحْرَمة (maḥrama, “kerchief”).

Noun

marama

1. kerchief

Declension

Declension of marama

	singular	plural
nominative	marama	maramalar
genitive	maramanıñ	maramalarnıñ
dative	maramağa	maramalarğa
accusative	maramanı	maramalarnı
locative	maramada	maramalarda
ablative	maramadan	maramalardan

References

• “marama”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Fijian

Etymology

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Noun

marama

1. lady, woman (adult female person)

   Synonym: yalewa

   Coordinate term: turaga

   E levu na marama era lako mai.

   Many ladies came.

2. wife (female partner in a marriage)

   Synonym: yalewa

   Hypernym: wati

   na noqu marama ― my wife

3. (card games) queen (playing card)

   Hypernym: kaivalagi

   marama ni siveti ― queen of spades

   Na marama e cecere cake na turaga.

   The queen is higher than the king. (in cards)

Derived terms

• marama ni vale (“housewife”, literally “lady of the house”)
• marama turaga (“distinguished lady”)

See also

Playing cards in Fijian · mata ni imau (layout · text)
esi	rua	tolu	va	lima	ono	vitu
walu	ciwa	tini	jeke	marama	turaga	joka, tevoro

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “marama”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[2], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 157

Māori

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Oceanic *ramaʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ramaʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ (“tree resin”), either via:

1. Proto-Polynesian *ma-rama (“to shine”) (compare Hawaiian malama and Tahitian marama), from Proto-Oceanic *ma-ramaʀ (“to shine”),
2. Proto-Polynesian *rama, from Proto-Oceanic *rama (compare Fijian rama, rarama (“light”))

Doublet of mārama, rama, and mā. Cognate of Tahitian marama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈrama/ [mɐˈɾɐmɐ]

Noun

marama

1. moon

   Synonyms: māhina, ahoroa

2. month

   Synonym: kaupeka

Related terms

• marama hua
• maramataka
• rama

Further reading

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “marama”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish محرمه (whence Turkish mahrama), from Arabic مَحْرَمة (maḥrama, “kerchief”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎrama/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ra‧ma

Noun

màrama f (Cyrillic spelling ма̀рама)

1. kerchief

   Synonym: rubac

Declension

Declension of marama

	singular	plural
nominative	marama	marame
genitive	marame	marama
dative	marami	maramama
accusative	maramu	marame
vocative	maramo	marame
locative	marami	maramama
instrumental	maramom	maramama

Derived terms

• màramica

Descendants

• → Ladino: maramán (“napkin, serviette”) (Balkan)

Tahitian

Etymology

Compare Māori marama.

Noun

marama

1. moon