मर

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /məɾ/, [mɐɾ]

Verb

मर • (mar)

inflection of मरना (marnā):
1. stem
2. second-person singular intimate present imperative

Nepali

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mʌɾʌ]
Phonetic Devanagari: म्aर्a

Verb

मर • (mara)

mid-respectful second-person singular imperative of मर्नु (marnu)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

mara (Latin script)
𑀫𑀭 (Brahmi script)
মর (Bengali script)
මර (Sinhalese script)
မရ (Burmese script)
มร or มะระ (Thai script)
ᨾᩁ (Tai Tham script)
ມຣ or ມະຣະ (Lao script)
មរ (Khmer script)
𑄟𑄢 (Chakma script)

Verb

मर

Devanagari script form of mara, second-person singular imperative active of मरति (marati, “to die”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From the root मृ (mṛ).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾɐ/
Hyphenation: म‧र

Noun

म॒र • (mará) stem, m

death
the world of death, i.e. the earth

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of म॒र
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	म॒रः (maráḥ)	म॒रौ (maráu) म॒रा¹ (marā́¹)	म॒राः (marā́ḥ) म॒रासः॑¹ (marā́saḥ¹)
accusative	म॒रम् (marám)	म॒रौ (maráu) म॒रा¹ (marā́¹)	म॒रान् (marā́n)
instrumental	म॒रेण॑ (maréṇa)	म॒राभ्या॑म् (marā́bhyām)	म॒रैः (maráiḥ) म॒रेभिः॑¹ (marébhiḥ¹)
dative	म॒राय॑ (marā́ya)	म॒राभ्या॑म् (marā́bhyām)	म॒रेभ्यः॑ (marébhyaḥ)
ablative	म॒रात् (marā́t)	म॒राभ्या॑म् (marā́bhyām)	म॒रेभ्यः॑ (marébhyaḥ)
genitive	म॒रस्य॑ (marásya)	म॒रयोः॑ (maráyoḥ)	म॒राणा॑म् (marā́ṇām)
locative	म॒रे (maré)	म॒रयोः॑ (maráyoḥ)	म॒रेषु॑ (maréṣu)
vocative	मर॑ (mára)	मरौ॑ (márau) मरा॑¹ (márā¹)	मराः॑ (márāḥ) मरा॑सः¹ (márāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

परिमर (parimará)
प्रमर (pramará, “death”)

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kashmiri: مَرَ (mara)
- Khowar: مور (mor)
- → Proto-Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: mə́rə
  - Kamkata-viri: më́rë
  - Waigali: mara
Prakrit: 𑀫𑀭 (mara)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: મરો (maro)
    - Hindustani: marī, marrī
      - Hindi: मरी, मर्री
      - Urdu: مَرِی, مَرِّی
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: মোৰ (mür)
    - Bengali: মরা (mora)
    - Bihari:
      - Maithili: मरी (marī)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - Nepali: मरो (maro)
    - Western Pahari:
      - Jaunsari: मरी (marī)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: މަރު (maru)
    - Sinhalese: මර (mara)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: मर (mar), मरी (marī)
- Western:
  - Takka Apabhramsa:
    - Punjabi: marī
      Gurmukhi script: ਮਰੀ
      
      Shahmukhi script: مَرِی
  - Vracada Apabhramsa:
    - Sindhi: marī
      Arabic script: مَرِي (marī)
      
      Devanagari script: मरी
Prakrit: *𑀫𑀭-𑀓𑁆𑀓
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: મર્કી (markī)
    - Hindustani: marak
      - Hindi: मरक
      - Urdu: مَرَک
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Nepali: मर्कि (marki)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 567
Monier Williams (1899), “मर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 789, column 3.