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

Noun

marama

1. lady
2. housewife (marama ni vale, to specify connotation)

Maori

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Oceanic *ramaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ (“tree resin”) (compare with Malay damar (“resin”)), either:

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

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

Noun

marama

1. moon

   Synonyms: māhina, ahoroa

2. month

   Synonym: kaupeka

Related terms

• marama hua
• maramataka
• rama

Further reading

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

Noun

marama

1. moon