मार

See also: मरा, मेरा, मेरी, मोर, मेरो, मरु, and मेरे

Hindi

Etymology

From मारना (mārnā, “to kill”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɑːɾ/, [mäːɾ]

Noun

मार • (mār) f

1. killing
2. a beating, fight

   Synonyms: मारपीट (mārpīṭ), लड़ाई (laṛāī)

3. target; shot, strike, goal

   Synonym: निशाना (niśānā)

4. loss, grief

   Synonym: दुःख (duḥkh)

Declension

Declension of मार (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मार mār	मारें mārẽ
oblique	मार mār	मारों mārõ
vocative	मार mār	मारो māro

Verb

मार • (mār)

1. inflection of मारना (mārnā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular intimate present imperative

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• māra (Latin script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• মার (Bengali script)
• මාර (Sinhalese script)
• မာရ or မႃရ (Burmese script)
• มาร or มาระ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ມາຣ or ມາຣະ or ມາລະ (Lao script)
• មារ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

मार m

1. Devanagari script form of māra (“distraction”)

Declension

Declension table of "मार" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	मारो (māro)	मारा (mārā)
Accusative (second)	मारं (māraṃ)	मारे (māre)
Instrumental (third)	मारेन (mārena)	मारेहि (mārehi) or मारेभि (mārebhi)
Dative (fourth)	मारस्स (mārassa) or माराय (mārāya) or मारत्थं (māratthaṃ)	मारानं (mārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	मारस्मा (mārasmā) or मारम्हा (māramhā) or मारा (mārā)	मारेहि (mārehi) or मारेभि (mārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	मारस्स (mārassa)	मारानं (mārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	मारस्मिं (mārasmiṃ) or मारम्हि (māramhi) or मारे (māre)	मारेसु (māresu)
Vocative (calling)	मार (māra)	मारा (mārā)

Proper noun

मार m

1. Devanagari script form of māra (“Mara”)

Declension

Declension table of "मार" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	मारो (māro)	मारा (mārā)
Accusative (second)	मारं (māraṃ)	मारे (māre)
Instrumental (third)	मारेन (mārena)	मारेहि (mārehi) or मारेभि (mārebhi)
Dative (fourth)	मारस्स (mārassa) or माराय (mārāya) or मारत्थं (māratthaṃ)	मारानं (mārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	मारस्मा (mārasmā) or मारम्हा (māramhā) or मारा (mārā)	मारेहि (mārehi) or मारेभि (mārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	मारस्स (mārassa)	मारानं (mārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	मारस्मिं (mārasmiṃ) or मारम्हि (māramhi) or मारे (māre)	मारेसु (māresu)
Vocative (calling)	मार (māra)	मारा (mārā)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• মাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• মার (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• မာရ (Burmese script)
• માર (Gujarati script)
• ਮਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಾರ (Kannada script)
• មារ (Khmer script)
• ມາຣ (Lao script)
• മാര (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ମାର (Odia script)
• ꢪꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• මාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• மார (Tamil script)
• మార (Telugu script)
• มาร (Thai script)
• མཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *mā́ras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́ras, from Proto-Indo-European *mór-os, from *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with English mare (whence nightmare), German Mahr, Lithuanian mãras, Polish mara, Serbo-Croatian мо̏ра.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɑː.ɾɐ/

Adjective

मार • (māra) stem

1. killing, destroying

Noun

मार • (māra) stem, m

1. death, pestilence
2. slaying, killing (compare पशु-म्°)
3. an obstacle, hindrance
4. the passion of love, god of love
5. (Buddhism) the Destroyer, Evil One (who tempts men to indulge their passions and is the great enemy of the बुद्ध and his religion; four मारs are enumerated in Dharmas. 80, viz. स्कन्ध-, क्लेश-, देवपुत्र-, and मृत्यु-म्°; but the later Buddhist theory of races of gods led to the figment of millions of मारs ruled over by a chief मार)
6. the thorn-apple (L.)
7. pestilence (also personified as the goddess of death and identified with दुर्गा)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मार

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मारः (māraḥ)	मारौ (mārau) मारा¹ (mārā¹)	माराः (mārāḥ) मारासः¹ (mārāsaḥ¹)
accusative	मारम् (māram)	मारौ (mārau) मारा¹ (mārā¹)	मारान् (mārān)
instrumental	मारेण (māreṇa)	माराभ्याम् (mārābhyām)	मारैः (māraiḥ) मारेभिः¹ (mārebhiḥ¹)
dative	माराय (mārāya)	माराभ्याम् (mārābhyām)	मारेभ्यः (mārebhyaḥ)
ablative	मारात् (mārāt)	माराभ्याम् (mārābhyām)	मारेभ्यः (mārebhyaḥ)
genitive	मारस्य (mārasya)	मारयोः (mārayoḥ)	माराणाम् (mārāṇām)
locative	मारे (māre)	मारयोः (mārayoḥ)	मारेषु (māreṣu)
vocative	मार (māra)	मारौ (mārau) मारा¹ (mārā¹)	माराः (mārāḥ) मारासः¹ (mārāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Balinese: mara
• → Chinese: 魔羅 / 魔罗 (móluó)
  • → Japanese: 魔羅 (mara)
• → Indonesian: mara (“calamity”)
• → Khmer: មារ (miə)
• → Lü: ᦙᦱᧃ (maan)
• → Thai: มาร (maan, “demon”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “मार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 811, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “māra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 578