मरु
Hindi
Alternative forms
- मरू (marū)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मरु (marú).
Noun
मरु • (maru) m (Urdu spelling مرو)
- desert (sandy)
- dry ground
- soil destitute of water
- a mountain, rock
- name of a king belonging to the Ikshvāku family
- name of the province of Mārwār, and of its people
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मरु maru |
मरु maru |
| oblique | मरु maru |
मरुओं maruõ |
| vocative | मरु maru |
मरुओ maruo |
See also
References
- John T. Platts (15 August 2012 (last accessed)), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[3]
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
मरु m
Declension
Declension table of "मरु" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | मरु (maru) | मरवो (maravo) or मरू (marū) |
| Accusative (second) | मरुं (maruṃ) | मरवो (maravo) or मरू (marū) |
| Instrumental (third) | मरुना (marunā) | मरूहि (marūhi) or मरूभि (marūbhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | मरुस्स (marussa) or मरुनो (maruno) | मरूनं (marūnaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | मरुस्मा (marusmā) or मरुम्हा (marumhā) | मरूहि (marūhi) or मरूभि (marūbhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | मरुस्स (marussa) or मरुनो (maruno) | मरूनं (marūnaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | मरुस्मिं (marusmiṃ) or मरुम्हि (marumhi) | मरूसु (marūsu) |
| Vocative (calling) | मरु (maru) | मरवे (marave) or मरवो (maravo) |
Etymology 2
Noun
मरु f
- sand
- sandy waste
Declension
Declension table of "मरु" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | मरु (maru) | मरुयो (maruyo) or मरू (marū) |
| Accusative (second) | मरुं (maruṃ) | मरुयो (maruyo) or मरू (marū) |
| Instrumental (third) | मरुया (maruyā) | मरूहि (marūhi) or मरूभि (marūbhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | मरुया (maruyā) | मरूनं (marūnaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | मरुया (maruyā) | मरूहि (marūhi) or मरूभि (marūbhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | मरुया (maruyā) | मरूनं (marūnaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | मरुया (maruyā) or मरुयं (maruyaṃ) | मरूसु (marūsu) |
| Vocative (calling) | मरु (maru) | मरुयो (maruyo) or मरू (marū) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মৰু (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬭᬸ (Balinese script)
- মরু (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰨𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- မရု (Burmese script)
- મરુ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਰੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌰𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦫꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂩𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಮರು (Kannada script)
- មរុ (Khmer script)
- ມຣຸ (Lao script)
- മരു (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᡵᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘨𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠷᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧈𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐬𑐸 (Newa script)
- ମରୁ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢬꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆫𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖨𑖲 (Siddham script)
- මරු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩼𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚤𑚰 (Takri script)
- மரு (Tamil script)
- మరు (Telugu script)
- มรุ (Thai script)
- མ་རུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒩𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨫𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Uncertain. Several possible etymologies have been proposed:
- Derived from Proto-Indo-European *móri, whence Latin mare (“sea”) and Proto-Germanic *mōraz (“moor”).[1]
- Related to मृ (mṛ, “to die”) or मॄ (mṝ, “to crush”). In the latter case, compare Proto-Germanic *malmaz (“malm, sand”) from the same Indo-European root.[2]
- Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Tamil முரப்பு (murappu, “roughness”), Tamil முரம்பு (murampu, “gravel, stone”). Indo-Aryan derivatives of this [3]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɾú/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɾu/
Noun
म॒रु • (marú) stem, m [1][3][2][4]
- wilderness, sandy waste, desert (often in plural)
- mountain, rock
- "the desert-like penance" i.e. abstinence from drinking
- (botany) a species of plant
- deer, antelope
- name of a daitya (usually associated with naraka)
- name of a Vasu
- name of a prince (the son of Śīghra)
- name of a king belonging to the Ikṣvāku family
- name of a son of Hary-aśva
- (in the plural) name of a country (Marwar) and its inhabitants
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | म॒रुः (marúḥ) | म॒रू (marū́) | म॒रवः॑ (marávaḥ) |
| accusative | म॒रुम् (marúm) | म॒रू (marū́) | म॒रून् (marū́n) |
| instrumental | म॒रुणा॑ (marúṇā) म॒र्वा¹ (marvā́¹) |
म॒रुभ्या॑म् (marúbhyām) | म॒रुभिः॑ (marúbhiḥ) |
| dative | म॒रवे॑ (maráve) म॒र्वे¹ (marvé¹) |
म॒रुभ्या॑म् (marúbhyām) | म॒रुभ्यः॑ (marúbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | म॒रोः (maróḥ) म॒र्वः¹ (marváḥ¹) |
म॒रुभ्या॑म् (marúbhyām) | म॒रुभ्यः॑ (marúbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | म॒रोः (maróḥ) म॒र्वः¹ (marváḥ¹) |
म॒र्वोः (marvóḥ) | म॒रू॒णाम् (marūṇā́m) |
| locative | म॒रौ (maráu) | म॒र्वोः (marvóḥ) | म॒रुषु॑ (marúṣu) |
| vocative | मरो॑ (máro) | मरू॑ (márū) | मर॑वः (máravaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Monier Williams (1899), “मरु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0790.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 321
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963), Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary][2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 591
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “marú-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 567