mārga

See also: marga, Marga, and márga

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], of uncertain origin.

A proposed relation is Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape”). If correct, the semantic shift would be "shape" > "beautiful shape" > "lass".

Cognates include Latvian mērga, Lithuanian merga (whence mergina) and Old Prussian mergo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmàːrɡa]
Hyphenation: mār‧ga

Noun

mārga f

bride
(dated) daughter
(dated) girl, lass

Declension

Declension of **mārga** (type 4 noun)
	singular	plural
nominative	mārga	mārgys, mārgas¹⁾
genitive	mārgys, mārgas¹⁾	mārgu
dative	mārgai	mārgom
accusative	mārgu	mārgys, mārgas¹⁾
instrumental	mārgu	mārgom
locative	mārgā	mārguos
vocative	mārga, mārg	mārgys, mārgas¹⁾

¹⁾ dialectal

Synonyms

(daughter): meita
(girl, lass): meita

Coordinate terms

(bride): jaunikis (“groom”)
(daughter): dāls (“son”)

References

A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 10
Wojciech Smoczyński (2021) “mergà”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga, “way, road, route, path”).

Noun

mārga

track, road, way.
Synonyms: dalan, hĕnū, ĕnu, hawan, patha
vehicle, mean.
Synonyms: hawan, wāha, ratha, wāhana, wahat, yāna
manner, method, way of life.

Derived terms

amarga
kamārga
kamārgan
makamārga
sakamārga
samārganya

Descendants

Javanese: ꦩꦂꦒꦶ (margi), ꦩꦼꦂꦒ (merga), ꦩꦼꦂꦒꦶ (mergi), ꦩꦂꦒ (marga)
- → Indonesian: marga (semantic loan)
→ Balinese: ᬫᬵᬃᬕ (marga)

Further reading

"mārga" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.