मर

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Delhi) 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

मर • (mará) stem, m

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मर
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मरः (maráḥ)	मरौ (maraú) मरा¹ (marā́¹)	मराः (marā́ḥ) मरासः¹ (marā́saḥ¹)
accusative	मरम् (marám)	मरौ (maraú) मरा¹ (marā́¹)	मरान् (marā́n)
instrumental	मरेण (maréṇa)	मराभ्याम् (marā́bhyām)	मरैः (maraíḥ) मरेभिः¹ (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)
vocative	मर (mára)	मरौ (márau) मरा¹ (márā¹)	मराः (márāḥ) मरासः¹ (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
      
      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.