मरण

See also: मरणे and मारणे

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मरण (maraṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.ɾəɳ/, [mɐ.ɾɐ̃ɳ]

Noun

मरण • (maraṇ) m

1. death
2. mortality
3. dying
4. demise
5. inanimation

Declension

Declension of मरण (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मरण maraṇ	मरण maraṇ
oblique	मरण maraṇ	मरणों maraṇõ
vocative	मरण maraṇ	मरणो maraṇo

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मरण (maraṇa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.ɾəɳ/

Noun

मरण • (maraṇ) n

1. death, demise

   Synonym: मृत्यू (mŕtyū)

Declension

Declension of मरण (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	मरण maraṇ
direct plural	मरणे, मरणं maraṇe, marṇa
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	मरण maraṇ		मरणे, मरणं maraṇe, marṇa
oblique सामान्यरूप	मरणा maraṇā		मरणां- maraṇān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	मरणाला maraṇālā		मरणांना maraṇānnā
ergative	मरणाने, मरणानं maraṇāne, maraṇāna		मरणांनी maraṇānnī
instrumental	मरणाशी maraṇāśī		मरणांशी maraṇānśī
locative सप्तमी	मरणात maraṇāt		मरणांत maraṇāt
vocative संबोधन	मरणा maraṇā		मरणांनो maraṇānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of मरण (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	मरणाचा maraṇāċā	मरणाचे maraṇāċe	मरणाची maraṇācī	मरणाच्या maraṇācā	मरणाचे, मरणाचं maraṇāċe, maraṇāċa	मरणाची maraṇācī	मरणाच्या maraṇācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	मरणांचा maraṇānċā	मरणांचे maraṇānċe	मरणांची maraṇāñcī	मरणांच्या maraṇāncā	मरणांचे, मरणांचं maraṇānċe, maraṇānċa	मरणांची maraṇāñcī	मरणांच्या maraṇāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• मरणोत्तर (marṇottar)

 

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “मरण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• maraṇa (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• মরণ (Bengali script)
• මරණ (Sinhalese script)
• မရဏ or မရꧣ (Burmese script)
• มรณ or มะระณะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩁᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຣຓ or ມະຣະຓະ (Lao script)
• មរណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄢𑄕 (Chakma script)

Noun

मरण n

1. Devanagari script form of maraṇa

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• মৰণ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬭᬡ (Balinese script)
• মরণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰨𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• မရဏ (Burmese script)
• મરણ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਰਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌰𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦫꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂩𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಮರಣ (Kannada script)
• មរណ (Khmer script)
• ມຣຓ (Lao script)
• മരണ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡵᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘨𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠷᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧈𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐬𑐞 (Newa script)
• ମରଣ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢬꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆫𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖨𑖜 (Siddham script)
• මරණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩼𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚤𑚘 (Takri script)
• மரண (Tamil script)
• మరణ (Telugu script)
• มรณ (Thai script)
• མ་ར་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒩𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨫𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From मृ (mṛ, “to die”, root) +‎ -अन (-ana, nominalization suffix) with guṇa and sandhi.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

मरण • (maraṇa) stem, n

1. the act of dying; death

   मरणं कुरुते ― maraṇaṃ kurute ― He/She/It dies. (Lit., "does/makes death", in the middle voice)

2. (at the end of a compound) dying by
3. passing away; cessation (as of lightning or rain)
4. (astrology) the 8th mansion
5. a kind of poison (probably wrong reading for मारण (māraṇa))
6. refuge; asylum (probably wrong reading for शरण (śaraṇa))

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of मरण (maraṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मरणम् maraṇam	मरणे maraṇe	मरणानि / मरणा¹ maraṇāni / maraṇā¹
Vocative	मरण maraṇa	मरणे maraṇe	मरणानि / मरणा¹ maraṇāni / maraṇā¹
Accusative	मरणम् maraṇam	मरणे maraṇe	मरणानि / मरणा¹ maraṇāni / maraṇā¹
Instrumental	मरणेन maraṇena	मरणाभ्याम् maraṇābhyām	मरणैः / मरणेभिः¹ maraṇaiḥ / maraṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	मरणाय maraṇāya	मरणाभ्याम् maraṇābhyām	मरणेभ्यः maraṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	मरणात् maraṇāt	मरणाभ्याम् maraṇābhyām	मरणेभ्यः maraṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	मरणस्य maraṇasya	मरणयोः maraṇayoḥ	मरणानाम् maraṇānām
Locative	मरणे maraṇe	मरणयोः maraṇayoḥ	मरणेषु maraṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Bengali: মরণ (moron)
• Gujarati: મરણ (maraṇ)
• Hindi: मरण (maraṇ)
• → Kannada: ಮರಣ (maraṇa)
• → Malayalam: മരണം (maraṇaṁ)
• Marathi: मरण (maraṇ)
• → Malay: merana
  • Indonesian: merana
• → Santali: ᱢᱳᱨᱳᱱ (moron)
• Sinhalese: මරණය (maraṇaya)
• → Tamil: மரணம் (maraṇam)
• → Telugu: మరణము (maraṇamu)
• → Thai: มรณะ (morana), มรณ์
• → Parthian: [script needed] (mrn /⁠maran⁠/)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मरण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0789.