Mara
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Mara
- A Maran Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken in southeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Colin Yallop, Australian Aboriginal Languages, Andrew Deutsch, 1982, →ISBN.
Etymology 2 edit
From Hebrew מָרָא (mara, “bitterness”), derived from Hebrew מַר (mar, “bitter”). The modern given name may also be shortened from Maria or Tamara.
Proper noun edit
Mara
- (rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ruth 1:20:
- Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
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Etymology 3 edit
From O'Mara, a variant of O'Meara.
Proper noun edit
Mara
- A surname from Irish.
Etymology 4 edit
From Sanskrit मर (mara), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”). Doublet of mortality.
Proper noun edit
Mara
- (Hinduism) The Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama.
- (Buddhism) The Buddhist archangel of evil or demon
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Translations edit
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Etymology 5 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Mara
Etymology 6 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
Mara (plural Maras)
- A member of a predominantly agricultural tribe of southern Assam and western Burma.
- Synonym: Lakher
Etymology 7 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
the Mara
- A river in Tanzania and Kenya.
- 2018 May 16, Ed Yong, “Hippos Poop So Much That Sometimes All the Fish Die”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- In the dry season, when the Mara becomes narrower and shallower, certain stretches of it become especially thick with hippos—and their dung.
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Diminutive of Martti.
Proper noun edit
Mara
- a diminutive of the male given name Martti
Declension edit
Inflection of Mara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Mara | Marat | ||
genitive | Maran | Marojen | ||
partitive | Maraa | Maroja | ||
illative | Maraan | Maroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Mara | Marat | ||
accusative | nom. | Mara | Marat | |
gen. | Maran | |||
genitive | Maran | Marojen Marainrare | ||
partitive | Maraa | Maroja | ||
inessive | Marassa | Maroissa | ||
elative | Marasta | Maroista | ||
illative | Maraan | Maroihin | ||
adessive | Maralla | Maroilla | ||
ablative | Maralta | Maroilta | ||
allative | Maralle | Maroille | ||
essive | Marana | Maroina | ||
translative | Maraksi | Maroiksi | ||
abessive | Maratta | Maroitta | ||
instructive | — | Maroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- The given name Mara belongs to 10 male individuals (and as a middle name to 5 more), and also belongs to 16 female individuals (and as a middle name to 8 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Etymology 2 edit
From a Karelian diminutive of some Eastern Orthodox name (in Karelia) and possibly from Swedish mar as a geographical term in Western Finland.[1]
Proper noun edit
Mara
- a Finnish surname
Declension edit
Inflection of Mara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Mara | Marat | ||
genitive | Maran | Marojen | ||
partitive | Maraa | Maroja | ||
illative | Maraan | Maroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Mara | Marat | ||
accusative | nom. | Mara | Marat | |
gen. | Maran | |||
genitive | Maran | Marojen Marainrare | ||
partitive | Maraa | Maroja | ||
inessive | Marassa | Maroissa | ||
elative | Marasta | Maroista | ||
illative | Maraan | Maroihin | ||
adessive | Maralla | Maroilla | ||
ablative | Maralta | Maroilta | ||
allative | Maralle | Maroille | ||
essive | Marana | Maroina | ||
translative | Maraksi | Maroiksi | ||
abessive | Maratta | Maroitta | ||
instructive | — | Maroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics edit
- The surname Mara belongs to 123 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References edit
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Mara f (genitive/dative Marei)
- a female given name
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun edit
Mara