मर्मन्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মৰ্মন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬃᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- মর্মন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰨𑰿𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀭𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- မရ်္မန် (Burmese script)
- મર્મન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਰ੍ਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦂꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂩𑂹𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಮರ್ಮೝ (Kannada script)
- មម៌ន៑ (Khmer script)
- ມຣ຺ມນ຺ (Lao script)
- മര്മന് (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᡵᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘨𑘿𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠷᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧈𑧠𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐬𑑂𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ମର୍ମନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢬ꣄ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆫𑇀𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖨𑖿𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- මර්මන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩼 𑪙𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚤𑚶𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- மர்மந் (Tamil script)
- మర్మౝ (Telugu script)
- มรฺมนฺ (Thai script)
- མ་རྨ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒩𑓂𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨫𑩇𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mérmn̥, abstract noun derived from the root *mer- (“to die, decease”). Compare Old Armenian մարմին (marmin, “body”). By surface analysis, मृ (mṛ, “to die, decease”) + -मन् (-man).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ́ɾ.mɐn/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /mɐɾ.mɐn̪/
Noun
मर्मन् • (márman) stem, n
- mortal spot, vulnerable point, any open or exposed or weak or sensitive part of the body
- the joint of a limb, any joint or articulation
- the core of anything, the quick
- any vital member or organ
- anything which requires to be kept concealed, secret quality, hidden meaning, any secret or mystery
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मर्म (márma) | मर्मणी (mármaṇī) | मर्माणि (mármāṇi) मर्म¹ (márma¹) मर्मा¹ (mármā¹) |
| accusative | मर्म (márma) | मर्मणी (mármaṇī) | मर्माणि (mármāṇi) मर्म¹ (márma¹) मर्मा¹ (mármā¹) |
| instrumental | मर्मणा (mármaṇā) | मर्मभ्याम् (mármabhyām) | मर्मभिः (mármabhiḥ) |
| dative | मर्मणे (mármaṇe) | मर्मभ्याम् (mármabhyām) | मर्मभ्यः (mármabhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मर्मणः (mármaṇaḥ) | मर्मभ्याम् (mármabhyām) | मर्मभ्यः (mármabhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मर्मणः (mármaṇaḥ) | मर्मणोः (mármaṇoḥ) | मर्मणाम् (mármaṇām) |
| locative | मर्मणि (mármaṇi) मर्मन्¹ (márman¹) |
मर्मणोः (mármaṇoḥ) | मर्मसु (mármasu) |
| vocative | मर्मन् (márman) मर्म (márma) |
मर्मणी (mármaṇī) | मर्माणि (mármāṇi) मर्म¹ (márma¹) मर्मा¹ (mármā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “मर्मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 791.