Mar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mar"

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Mar

1. Abbreviation of March.

   Coordinate terms: Jan, Feb, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

   Alternative form: Mar.

Translations

abbreviation of March

• Swahili: Mac

Etymology 2

From Scottish Gaelic Màrr, probably based on a Brythonic personal name Marsos.

Proper noun

Mar

2. An earldom in the Scottish peerage.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Marr”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 521.

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

• Mor (Western Syriac)
• Mart (feminine)

Noun

Mar (plural Mars)

1. A title of respect in Syriac, given to all saints and also used before the Christian names of bishops.

Related terms

• Maran
• maranatha

Translations

title of respect

• Arabic: مَار (ar) m (mār)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܡܪܝ m (Mār)

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: մար (mar)

• Persian: مار (fa) (mâr), مر (fa) (mar)
• Sogdian: [script needed] (mr' /⁠Mar⁠/)

See also

• Mar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AMR, ARM, Arm, Arm., MRA, RAM, RMA, Ram, arm, ram

Norman

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old French mars

Proper noun

Mar m

1. (Jersey) March
   • 2013 March, Geraint Jennings, “Mar martello”, in The Town Crier‎^[1], archived from the original on 13 March 2016, page 20:

     Même si Mar martelle, ch'est l'travas d'bouôns gens tchi martelle à flieur dé bras!

     Even if March hits like a hammer, there are folk at work hammering away like anything!

Etymology 2

From Old French Marc, similar to the Anglo-Norman variant Marke.

Proper noun

Mar m

1. (Jersey) Mark (biblical character)
2. (Jersey) a male given name, equivalent to French Marc or English Mark