ಮಾರಿ

Kannada

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मारि (māri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːɾi/

Noun

ಮಾರಿ • (māri)

1. killing, slaying; ruin.
2. any deadly disease, a plague, an epidemic, pestilence; the cholera
3. the goddess of death: Durgā, Cāmuṇḍī

References

• Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ಮಾರಿ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971