Mara
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun[edit]
Mara
- A Maran Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken in southeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Colin Yallop, Australian Aboriginal Languages, Andrew Deutsch, 1982, →ISBN.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Hebrew מָרָא (mara, “bitterness”), derived from Hebrew מַר (mar, “bitter”). The modern given name may also be shortened from Maria or Tamara.
Proper noun[edit]
Mara
- (rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ruth 1:20:
- Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
From O'Mara, a variant of O'Meara.
Proper noun[edit]
Mara
- A surname from Irish.
Etymology 4[edit]
From Sanskrit मर (mara), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”). Doublet of mortality.
Proper noun[edit]
Mara
- (Hinduism) The Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama.
- (Buddhism) The Buddhist archangel of evil or demon
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Translations[edit]
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Etymology 5[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
Mara
Etymology 6[edit]
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Noun[edit]
Mara (plural Maras)
- A member of a predominantly agricultural tribe of southern Assam and western Burma.
- Synonym: Lakher
Etymology 7[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
the Mara
- A river in Tanzania and Kenya.
- 2018 May 16, Ed Yong, “Hippos Poop So Much That Sometimes All the Fish Die”, in The Atlantic[1]:
- In the dry season, when the Mara becomes narrower and shallower, certain stretches of it become especially thick with hippos—and their dung.
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Diminutive of Martti.
Proper noun[edit]
Mara
- a diminutive of the male given name Martti
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Mara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Mara | Marat | ||
genitive | Maran | Marojen | ||
partitive | Maraa | Maroja | ||
illative | Maraan | Maroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Mara | Marat | ||
accusative | nom. | Mara | Marat | |
gen. | Maran | |||
genitive | Maran | Marojen Marainrare | ||
partitive | Maraa | Maroja | ||
inessive | Marassa | Maroissa | ||
elative | Marasta | Maroista | ||
illative | Maraan | Maroihin | ||
adessive | Maralla | Maroilla | ||
ablative | Maralta | Maroilta | ||
allative | Maralle | Maroille | ||
essive | Marana | Maroina | ||
translative | Maraksi | Maroiksi | ||
abessive | Maratta | Maroitta | ||
instructive | — | Maroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics[edit]
- The given name Mara belongs to 10 male individuals (and as a middle name to 5 more), and also belongs to 16 female individuals (and as a middle name to 8 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Etymology 2[edit]
From a Karelian diminutive of some Eastern Orthodox name (in Karelia) and possibly from Swedish mar as a geographical term in Western Finland.[1]
Proper noun[edit]
Mara
- a Finnish surname
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Mara (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Mara | Marat | ||
genitive | Maran | Marojen | ||
partitive | Maraa | Maroja | ||
illative | Maraan | Maroihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Mara | Marat | ||
accusative | nom. | Mara | Marat | |
gen. | Maran | |||
genitive | Maran | Marojen Marainrare | ||
partitive | Maraa | Maroja | ||
inessive | Marassa | Maroissa | ||
elative | Marasta | Maroista | ||
illative | Maraan | Maroihin | ||
adessive | Maralla | Maroilla | ||
ablative | Maralta | Maroilta | ||
allative | Maralle | Maroille | ||
essive | Marana | Maroina | ||
translative | Maraksi | Maroiksi | ||
abessive | Maratta | Maroitta | ||
instructive | — | Maroin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Statistics[edit]
- The surname Mara belongs to 123 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Mara f (genitive/dative Marei)
- a female given name
Swahili[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Mara
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