मार

Hindi

Etymology

From मारना (mārnā, “to kill”).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mɑːɾ/, [mäːɾ]

Noun

मार • (mār) f

  1. killing
  2. a beating, fight
    Synonyms: मारपीट (mārpīṭ), लड़ाई (laṛāī)
  3. target; shot, strike, goal
    Synonym: निशाना (niśānā)
  4. loss, grief
    Synonym: दुःख (duḥkh)

Declension
Declension of मार (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct मार
mār		 मारें
mārẽ
oblique मार
mār		 मारों
mārõ
vocative मार
mār		 मारो
māro

Verb

मार • (mār)

  1. inflection of मारना (mārnā):
    1. stem
    2. second-person singular intimate present imperative

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • māra (Latin script)
  • 𑀫𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • মার (Bengali script)
  • මාර (Sinhalese script)
  • မာရ or မႃရ (Burmese script)
  • มาร or มาระ (Thai script)
  • ᨾᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
  • ມາຣ or ມາຣະ or ມາລະ (Lao script)
  • មារ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄟𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

मार m

  1. Devanagari script form of māra (“distraction”)

Declension
Declension table of "मार" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)मारो (māro)मारा (mārā)
Accusative (second)मारं (māraṃ)मारे (māre)
Instrumental (third)मारेन (mārena)मारेहि (mārehi) or मारेभि (mārebhi)
Dative (fourth)मारस्स (mārassa) or माराय (mārāya) or मारत्थं (māratthaṃ)मारानं (mārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)मारस्मा (mārasmā) or मारम्हा (māramhā) or मारा (mārā)मारेहि (mārehi) or मारेभि (mārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)मारस्स (mārassa)मारानं (mārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)मारस्मिं (mārasmiṃ) or मारम्हि (māramhi) or मारे (māre)मारेसु (māresu)
Vocative (calling)मार (māra)मारा (mārā)

Proper noun

मार m

  1. Devanagari script form of māra (“Mara”)

Declension
Declension table of "मार" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)मारो (māro)मारा (mārā)
Accusative (second)मारं (māraṃ)मारे (māre)
Instrumental (third)मारेन (mārena)मारेहि (mārehi) or मारेभि (mārebhi)
Dative (fourth)मारस्स (mārassa) or माराय (mārāya) or मारत्थं (māratthaṃ)मारानं (mārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)मारस्मा (mārasmā) or मारम्हा (māramhā) or मारा (mārā)मारेहि (mārehi) or मारेभि (mārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)मारस्स (mārassa)मारानं (mārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)मारस्मिं (mārasmiṃ) or मारम्हि (māramhi) or मारे (māre)मारेसु (māresu)
Vocative (calling)मार (māra)मारा (mārā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • মাৰ (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
  • মার (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • မာရ (Burmese script)
  • માર (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮಾರ (Kannada script)
  • មារ (Khmer script)
  • ມາຣ (Lao script)
  • മാര (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
  • ମାର (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
  • මාර (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
  • மார (Tamil script)
  • మార (Telugu script)
  • มาร (Thai script)
  • མཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mā́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *mór-os, from *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with English mare (whence nightmare), German Mahr, Lithuanian mãras, Polish mora, Serbo-Croatian мо̏ра.

Pronunciation

Adjective

मार • (mā́ra)

  1. (√मृ) killing, destroying

Noun

मार • (mā́ra) stem, m

  1. death, pestilence
  2. slaying, killing (compare पशु-म्°)
  3. an obstacle, hindrance
  4. the passion of love, god of love
  5. (Buddhism) the Destroyer, Evil One (who tempts men to indulge their passions and is the great enemy of the बुद्ध and his religion; four मारs are enumerated in Dharmas. 80, viz. स्कन्ध-, क्लेश-, देवपुत्र-, and मृत्यु-म्°; but the later Buddhist theory of races of gods led to the figment of millions of मारs ruled over by a chief मार)
  6. the thorn-apple L.
  7. pestilence (also personified as the goddess of death and identified with दुर्गा)

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of मार (mā́ra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मारः
mā́raḥ		 मारौ / मारा¹
mā́rau / mā́rā¹		 माराः / मारासः¹
mā́rāḥ / mā́rāsaḥ¹
Vocative मार
mā́ra		 मारौ / मारा¹
mā́rau / mā́rā¹		 माराः / मारासः¹
mā́rāḥ / mā́rāsaḥ¹
Accusative मारम्
mā́ram		 मारौ / मारा¹
mā́rau / mā́rā¹		 मारान्
mā́rān
Instrumental मारेण
mā́reṇa		 माराभ्याम्
mā́rābhyām		 मारैः / मारेभिः¹
mā́raiḥ / mā́rebhiḥ¹
Dative माराय
mā́rāya		 माराभ्याम्
mā́rābhyām		 मारेभ्यः
mā́rebhyaḥ
Ablative मारात्
mā́rāt		 माराभ्याम्
mā́rābhyām		 मारेभ्यः
mā́rebhyaḥ
Genitive मारस्य
mā́rasya		 मारयोः
mā́rayoḥ		 माराणाम्
mā́rāṇām
Locative मारे
mā́re		 मारयोः
mā́rayoḥ		 मारेषु
mā́reṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • Balinese: ᬫᬵᬭ (mara)
  • → Chinese: 魔羅／魔罗 (móluó)
  • → Indonesian: mara (“calamity”)
  • → Khmer: មារ (miə)
  • → Lü: ᦙᦱᧃ (maan)
  • → Thai: มาร (maan, “demon”)

References
  • Monier-Williams' Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.
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