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Inherited from Sanskrit मरते (márate), मरति (marati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *márati, thematicized from Proto-Indo-Iranian *márti, from Proto-Indo-European *mér-ti. Cognate with Hindi मरना (marnā).

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मर्नु (marnu)

  1. (intransitive) to die
    Synonyms: बित्नु (bitnu), जानु (jānu), नरहनु (narahanu), मृत्यु हुनु (mr̥tyu hunu), अस्ताउनु (astāunu), स्वर्ग बास हुनु (svarga bās hunu), स्वर्गे हुनु (svarge hunu), बैकुण्ठको बास हुनु (baikuṇṭhako bās hunu)
  2. (slang, dysphemistic) to come
    यता मर् त!
    yatā mar ta!
    Come here! (lit. die here!)
  3. to have excruciating pain
  4. to be defeated

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References edit

  • मर्नु”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś)[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “मर्नु”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar