ಮಾರಿ
Kannada
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sanskrit मारि (māri).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editಮಾರಿ • (māri)
- killing, slaying; ruin.
- any deadly disease, a plague, an epidemic, pestilence; the cholera
- the goddess of death: Durgā, Cāmuṇḍī
References
edit- Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ಮಾರಿ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971