मर्त

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬫᬃᬢ (Balinese script)
  • মৰ্ত (Assamese script)
  • মর্ত (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰨𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀭𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
  • મર્ત (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਰੑਤ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦩꦂꦠ (Javanese script)
  • មត៌ (Khmer script)
  • ಮರ್ತ (Kannada script)
  • ມຣ຺ຕ (Lao script)
  • മര്ത (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘦𑘨𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᠷᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠮᠠᡵᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
  • မရ်္တ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧆𑧈𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐬𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
  • ମର୍ତ (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢬ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆫𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖨𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
  • මර්‍ත (Sinhalese script)
  • மர்த (Tamil script)
  • మర్త (Telugu script)
  • มรฺต (Thai script)
  • མ་རྟ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒩𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mártas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mŕ̥tas, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós, from *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀‎ (marəta), Ancient Greek μορτός (mortós).

Pronunciation

Noun

मर्त • (márta) stem, m

  1. a mortal, man
    • RV 1.5.10
      मा नो मर्ता अभि द्रुहन्तनूनामिन्द्र गिर्वणः।
      ईशानो यवया वधम्॥
      mā no martā abhi druhantanūnāmindra girvaṇaḥ.
      īśāno yavayā vadham.
      O Indra, thou who lovest song, do not let any man hurt our bodies.
      Keep slaughter far from us for thou canst.
    Synonyms: पुरुष (púruṣa), मनुष्य (manuṣyá), नर (nára), मानव (mānavá), मानुष (mā́nuṣa, mānuṣá)
  2. Earth, the mortal world

Declension

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