maru

See also: marú

English

Etymology

From Japanese 円, 丸 (まる, maru, “circle”, also a suffix for ship names).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːɹuː/, /ˈmaɹuː/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹu/

Noun

maru (plural marus)

1. (prepositive or postpositive) A suffix of Japanese ship names.

   the Nippon Maru

2. (colloquial) A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.

   Synonym: handakuten

3. A large, circular punctuation mark (。) used as a full stop in Japanese text.

Coordinate terms

• nigori

Translations

Japanese semi-voiced mark — see handakuten

Anagrams

• 'umra, Amur, Mura, Umar, amur, arum, mura

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Japanese

Romanization

maru

1. Rōmaji transcription of まる

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Minoan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

maru

1. villa

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• मरु (Devanagari script)
• মরু (Bengali script)
• මරු (Sinhalese script)
• မရု (Burmese script)
• มรุ or มะรุ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩁᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຣຸ or ມະຣຸ (Lao script)
• មរុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄢𑄪 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

maru m

1. deity

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

maru f

1. sand
2. (by extension) sandy waste