मर्यादा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मर्यादा (maryā́dā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /məɾ.jɑː.d̪ɑː/, [mɐɾ.jäː.d̪äː]

Noun

मर्यादा • (maryādā) f

1. limit, boundary, restriction; frontier

   Synonym: सीमा (sīmā)

2. dignity

   Synonym: गरिमा (garimā)

Declension

Declension of मर्यादा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मर्यादा maryādā	मर्यादाएँ maryādāẽ
oblique	मर्यादा maryādā	मर्यादाओं maryādāõ
vocative	मर्यादा maryādā	मर्यादाओ maryādāo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মৰ্যাদা (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬃᬬᬵᬤᬵ (Balinese script)
• মর্যাদা (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰨𑰿𑰧𑰯𑰟𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀭𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀤𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• မရျာဒါ (Burmese script)
• મર્યાદા (Gujarati script)
• ਮਰ੍ਯਾਦਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦫꦾꦴꦢꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂩𑂹𑂨𑂰𑂠𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಮರ್ಯಾದಾ (Kannada script)
• មយ៌ាទា (Khmer script)
• ມຣ຺ຍາທາ (Lao script)
• മര്യാദാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡵᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡩᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘨𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘟𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠷᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᢑᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧈𑧠𑧇𑧑𑦿𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐬𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐡𑐵 (Newa script)
• ମର୍ଯାଦା (Odia script)
• ꢪꢬ꣄ꢫꢵꢣꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆫𑇀𑆪𑆳𑆢𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖨𑖿𑖧𑖯𑖟𑖯 (Siddham script)
• මර්‍යාදා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩼 𑪙𑩻𑩛𑩭𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚤𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚛𑚭 (Takri script)
• மர்யாத³ா (Tamil script)
• మర్యాదా (Telugu script)
• มรฺยาทา (Thai script)
• མ་རྱཱ་དཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒩𑓂𑒨𑒰𑒠𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨫𑩇𑨪𑨊𑨛𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain. As the oldest meaning is "border", Mayrhofer prefers the connection to Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀 (mar^əza, “border region”) and Persian مرز (marz, “border”), from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ- (compare English march (“borderland”)) over the connection to *móri (“the sea”) (compare Latin mare, English mere (“lake”)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐɾ.jɑ́ː.dɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈjɑː.d̪ɑː/

Noun

मर्यादा • (maryā́dā) stem, f

1. shore
2. limit, restriction
3. range
4. end
5. frontier
6. bank of a water body
7. bounds of morality
8. rules and customs
9. covenant, agreement, bond, or contract

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मर्यादा (maryā́dā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मर्यादा maryā́dā	मर्यादे maryā́de	मर्यादाः maryā́dāḥ
Vocative	मर्यादे máryāde	मर्यादे máryāde	मर्यादाः máryādāḥ
Accusative	मर्यादाम् maryā́dām	मर्यादे maryā́de	मर्यादाः maryā́dāḥ
Instrumental	मर्यादया / मर्यादा¹ maryā́dayā / maryā́dā¹	मर्यादाभ्याम् maryā́dābhyām	मर्यादाभिः maryā́dābhiḥ
Dative	मर्यादायै maryā́dāyai	मर्यादाभ्याम् maryā́dābhyām	मर्यादाभ्यः maryā́dābhyaḥ
Ablative	मर्यादायाः / मर्यादायै² maryā́dāyāḥ / maryā́dāyai²	मर्यादाभ्याम् maryā́dābhyām	मर्यादाभ्यः maryā́dābhyaḥ
Genitive	मर्यादायाः / मर्यादायै² maryā́dāyāḥ / maryā́dāyai²	मर्यादयोः maryā́dayoḥ	मर्यादानाम् maryā́dānām
Locative	मर्यादायाम् maryā́dāyām	मर्यादयोः maryā́dayoḥ	मर्यादासु maryā́dāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Bengali: মর্যাদা (morjada)
• → Hindi: मर्यादा (maryādā)
• → Kannada: ಮರ್ಯಾದೆ (maryāde)
• Pali: mariyāda
  • → Thai: มริยาท (má-rí-yâat)
• → Punjabi: ਮਰਯਾਦਾ (maryādā)
• → Tamil: மரியாதை (mariyātai)
• → Telugu: మర్యాద (maryāda)
• → Thai: มารยาท (maa-rá-yâat), มรรยาท (man-yâat)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “मर्यादा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 791/3.