maranatha
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek μαράνα θά (marána thá) or μαράν αθά (marán athá), from Aramaic מרנא תא (“Lord, come!”) or מרן אתא (“our lord has come”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maˈra.na.tʰa/, [mäˈränät̪ʰä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /maˈra.na.ta/, [mäˈräːnät̪ä]
Interjection
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References
edit- maranatha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)