Марица
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Thracian *mārаs or *mōras + -ица (-ica), attested as Μηρισός (Mērisós) by ancient scholars.
Georgiev proposes two possible meanings of the Thracian term:
- “marsh, bog”, akin to Romanian Mureș (ancient Μάρις (Máris)), Russian Сама́ра (Samára) (of Iranian origin), Proto-Germanic *mari (“standing water”), Proto-Balto-Slavic *mári (“sea”), etc.
- “great, significant”, cognate with Romanian mare (“great”), Proto-Celtic *māros (“big, great”) and further related to Proto-Slavic *mĕrъ (“great”).
Proper noun edit
Мари́ца • (Maríca) f (relational adjective мари́шки)
- Maritsa (river in the Central Balkans, flowing into the Aegean Sea)
References edit
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “Марица”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 668
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Ма̏рица f (Latin spelling Mȁrica)
- a female given name, Hypocoristic of Ма̀рија
Etymology 2 edit
Of Thracian origin.
Proper noun edit
Ма̏рица f (Latin spelling Mȁrica)