Alternative forms
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Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“dead”).
Adjective
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𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬙𐬀 • (mərəta)
- dead
References
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- Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*mar1”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 264
- Kanga, Kavasji Edalji (1909) “Dead”, in An English–Avesta Dictionary[1], Bombay: The Fort Printing Press, →OCLC, page 121