See also: ماز

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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From Classical Syriac ܡܪܝ (mār(ī)), the first-person singular possessed form of ܡܪܐ (mārā, lord, master).

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Noun

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مَار (mārm

  1. (Christianity) Lord; Saint; Mar (honorific title for a man of religion, most often a saint)
    • Matthew 7:21:
      لَيْسَ كُلُّ مَنْ يَقُولُ لِي: يَا مَار! يَا مَار! يَدْخُلُ مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، بَلْ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِإِرَادَةِ أَبِي الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ
      laysa kullu man yaqūlu lī: yā mār!mār! yadḵulu malakūta s-samāwāti, bal man yaʿmalu bi-ʾirādati ʾabī llaḏī fī s-samāwāti.
      Not everyone who says to me, O Lord! O Lord! will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
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Etymology 2

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Root
م ر ر (m r r)
12 terms

Derived from the active participle of مَرَّ (marra, to pass, to stroll by).

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Adjective

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مَارّ (mārr) (feminine مَارَّة (mārra), masculine plural مَارُّونَ (mārrūna), feminine plural مَارَّات (mārrāt))

  1. passing
    الْمَارّ ذِكْرُهُ (al-mārr ḏikruhu)the above-mentioned, the aforesaid, the above
  2. going by, walking past, riding past, going across, walking, transient
  3. going on foot
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Noun

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مَارّ (mārrm (plural مَارُّون (mārrūn) or مَارَّة (mārra))

  1. passer-by, pedestrian, walker, stroller
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Etymology 3

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Root
م و ر (m w r)
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Verb

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مَارَ (māra) I (non-past يَمُورُ (yamūru), verbal noun مَوْر (mawr))

  1. to budge, to move forth, to rise across the surface, to fluctuate, to undergo commotion
    • 2018 September 10, “ar: "إعصاران نادران" في وقت واحد يثيران قلقا عالميا”, in Sky News Arabia[1]:
      ولا تحدث الأعاصير في العادة بشكل متزامن في المحيطين، فحين يمور المحيط الهادئ بالعاصفة يكون المحيط الأطلسي هادئا".
      Typhoons don’t usually appear simultaneously in the two oceans: When the Pacific Ocean is moved by a storm the Atlantic Ocean is calm.
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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “مار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 220
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1232

Baluchi

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Noun

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مار (már)

  1. snake
  2. serpent

Brahui

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *maṯ-. Cognate with Tamil மறி (maṟi, foal, young of sheep). Related to مَڷ (mał, son), مَلْخُڑ (malxuṛ, son's wife).

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مَار (mār)

  1. son, boy, lad
    Antonym: مَسِڑ (masiṛ)

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References

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  • Bray, Denys (1934) “mār”, in The Brahui Language[4], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 201
  • Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “4764”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Central Kurdish

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭠𐭥 (mār).

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Northern Kurdish mar

مار (mar)

  1. snake

Mazanderani

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Etymology

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From Proto-Iranian *máHtā (compare Persian مادر, Baluchi مات (mát), Pashto مور (mor), Ossetian мад (mad), Avestan 𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (mātar)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā.

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مار (mâr)

  1. mother

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Persian مار (mâr, snake).

Noun

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مار (mar)

  1. snake, any reptile of the suborder Serpentes
    Synonyms: حیه (hayye), ییلان (yılan)
  2. piece or lock of curling hair, ringlet
  3. shred, particle, small and scattered fragment
  4. title of the governor of Gharchistan, in Persia
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  • Turkish: mar

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic مَارّ (mārr, passing).

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مار (mar)

  1. passing, that passes, transient
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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭠𐭥 (mār), from Old Iranian *māra-. A derivation from *marθra- suffers from phonetic problems.

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Readings
Classical reading? mār
Dari reading? mār
Iranian reading? mâr
Tajik reading? mor
  • Audio (Iran):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːr

Noun

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Dari مار
Iranian Persian
Tajik мор

مار (mâr) (plural مارها (mâr-hâ))

  1. snake
  2. serpent