मर

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /məɾ/, [mɐɾ]

Verb

मर • (mar)

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

Nepali

Pronunciation

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

Verb

मर • (mara)

1. 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

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬭ (Balinese script)
• মর (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• မရ (Burmese script)
• મર (Gujarati script)
• ਮਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಮರ (Kannada script)
• មរ (Khmer script)
• ມຣ (Lao script)
• മര (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐬 (Newa script)
• ମର (Odia script)
• ꢪꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖨 (Siddham script)
• මර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚤 (Takri script)
• மர (Tamil script)
• మర (Telugu script)
• มร (Thai script)
• མ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root मृ (mṛ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

मर • (mará) stem, m

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मर (mará)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मरः maráḥ	मरौ / मरा¹ maraú / marā́¹	मराः / मरासः¹ marā́ḥ / marā́saḥ¹
Vocative	मर mára	मरौ / मरा¹ márau / márā¹	मराः / मरासः¹ márāḥ / márāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मरम् marám	मरौ / मरा¹ maraú / marā́¹	मरान् marā́n
Instrumental	मरेण maréṇa	मराभ्याम् marā́bhyām	मरैः / मरेभिः¹ maraíḥ / marébhiḥ¹
Dative	मराय marā́ya	मराभ्याम् marā́bhyām	मरेभ्यः marébhyaḥ
Ablative	मरात् marā́t	मराभ्याम् marā́bhyām	मरेभ्यः marébhyaḥ
Genitive	मरस्य marásya	मरयोः maráyoḥ	मराणाम् marā́ṇām
Locative	मरे maré	मरयोः maráyoḥ	मरेषु maréṣu
Notes	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

        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.