maru
See also: marú
English
Etymology
From Japanese 円, 丸 (まる, maru, “circle”, also a suffix for ship names).
Pronunciation
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Noun
maru (plural marus)
- (prepositive or postpositive) A suffix of Japanese ship names.
- the Nippon Maru
- (colloquial) A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.
- Synonym: handakuten
- A large, circular punctuation mark (。) used as a full stop in Japanese text.
Coordinate terms
Translations
Japanese semi-voiced mark — see handakuten
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
maru
Minoan
Etymology
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Noun
maru
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Etymology 1
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Noun
maru m
Declension
Declension table of "maru" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | maru | maravo or marū |
Accusative (second) | maruṃ | maravo or marū |
Instrumental (third) | marunā | marūhi or marūbhi |
Dative (fourth) | marussa or maruno | marūnaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | marusmā or marumhā | marūhi or marūbhi |
Genitive (sixth) | marussa or maruno | marūnaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | marusmiṃ or marumhi | marūsu |
Vocative (calling) | maru | marave or maravo |
Etymology 2
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Noun
maru f
- sand
- (by extension) sandy waste
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