marma

See also: Marma

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mer-

Proto-Indo-European *mérmn̥

Sanskrit मर्म॑ (márma)bor.

English marma

Borrowed from Sanskrit मर्म॑ (márma, “mortal spot, vital point”).

Noun

marma (plural marmas)

1. (Ayurveda) A special, sensitive point on the body.

Translations

a special, sensitive point on the body

• Portuguese: marma m

See also

• meridian

Anagrams

• Ammar, Amram, maram, MRAAM

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑr.mɑ/, [ˈmɑrˠ.mɑ]

Noun

marma m

1. marble

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	marma	—
accusative	marman	—
genitive	marman	—
dative	marman	—

Derived terms

• marmstān, marmanstān

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “marma”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.mɐ/ [ˈmaɦ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.mɐ/ [ˈmaɦ.mɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.mɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɻ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmaʁ.ma/ [ˈmaɦ.ma]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɾ.mɐ/

Noun

marma m (plural marmas)

1. (Ayurveda) marma (a special, sensitive point on the body)

Further reading

• “marma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “marma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026