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Martha
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marþa mar thà Märtha
English
+ <dab!>
Etymology
From en la Martha, from en grc Μάρθα, from en arc מָרְתָא mistress mārtā, feminine of arc מרא mārā. en Marfa.
Pronunciation
en /ˈmɑɹθə/ GenAm
en /ˈmɑːθə/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Martha.wav Southern England
en Mar tha
Proper noun
en female Aramaic of biblical origin.
en 1947 Agatha Christie The Labours of Hercules They wanted to call her Helen, but I did put my foot down there. Knowing what her mother and father looked like! I tried hard for Martha or Dorcas or something sensible - but it was no good - waste of breath.
The sister of Lazarus and Mary in the New Testament.
: Luke 10: 40-42:
But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful.
en place c/USA:
en Hacoda, Alabama.
en ucomm co/Lawrence County s/Kentucky.
en ucomm twp:Suf/Bass River co/Burlington County s/New Jersey.
en small town co/Jackson County s/Oklahoma.
en ucomm co/Wilson County s/Tennessee.
Derived terms
en Martha's Vineyard Martha Washington chair St Martha Mount Martha
Translations
female given name
Arabic: ar مَرْثَا
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܡܪܬܐ marta
Hebrew script: arc מרתא
Catalan: ca Marta f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 瑪莎 Mǎshā from English, cmn 瑪爾塔 Mǎěrtǎ from Frenc, German etc.
Danish: da Martha
Dutch: nl Martha f
Estonian: et Marta
Faroese: fo Marta f
Finnish: fi Martta
French: fr Marthe
Galician: gl Marta f
German: de Martha
Gothic: got 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌸𐌰
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Μάρθα f
Hawaiian: haw Maleka
Hebrew: he מָרְתָא Márta
Hindi: hi मार्था f
Hungarian: hu Márta
Icelandic: is Marta f
Italian: it Marta
Japanese: ja マーサ Māsa
Latvian: lv Marta f
Lithuanian: lt Morta f
Māori: mi Māta, mi Marata
Norwegian: no Marta
Occitan: oc Marta f
Polish: pl Marta f
Portuguese: pt Marta f
Russian: ru Ма́рфа (cognate), ru Марта f (transliteration)
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Mártá
Spanish: es Marta
Swedish: sv Marta
biblical sister of Lazarus and Mary
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܡܪܬܐ marta
Catalan: ca Marta f
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 馬大 maa5 daai6
Mandarin: cmn 馬大 Mǎdà
Comorian:
Maore Comorian: swb Marta
Danish: da Martha
Dutch: nl Marta f
Estonian: et Marta
Faroese: fo Marta f
Finnish: fi Martta
French: fr Marthe
Galician: gl Marta f
German: de Marta, de Martha
Hawaiian: haw Mareta
Hindi: hi मार्था f
Icelandic: is Marta f
Italian: it Marta
Latin: la Martha
Latvian: lv Marta f
Lithuanian: lt Morta f
Māori: mi Māta, mi Maata
Norwegian: no Marta
Portuguese: pt Marta f
Russian: ru Ма́рфа
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Mártá
Spanish: es Marta
Swedish: sv Marta
Vietnamese: vi Mátta
Noun
en slang A miniature greenhouse with a humidifier, used for growing mushrooms.
References
chamber for growing mushrooms 2019, Willoughby Arevalo, DIY Mushroom Cultivation
Anagrams
en aahmrt Thamar
en eponyms
en Biblical characters
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
en Martha biblical figure
da female
da Biblical characters
German
Alternative forms
de Marta
Pronunciation
de De-Martha.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun f genitive Marthas or Martha
Martha biblical figure
de female
de Biblical characters
Latin
Etymology
la Martha :bor grc:Μάρθα<ety:uder<arc:מָרְתָא<tr:mārtā>>> 2 1
Pronunciation
Martha
Proper noun
Martha<1.both>
en Martha
Declension
Martha<1.both>
Descendants
1 ca Marta
1 cs Marta
1 da Martha
1 nl Marta
1 en Martha
1 haw Maleka
1 mi Māta
1 et Marta
1 fo Marta
1 fi Martta Marppa
1 fr Marthe
1 gl Marta
1 de Marta Martha
1 hu Márta
1 is Marta
1 it Marta
1 lv Marta
1 lt Morta
1 se Mártá
1 no Marte Martha Marthe
1 pl Marta
1 pt Marta
1 ro Marta
1 sk Marta
1 sl Marta
1 es Marta
1 sv Marta
la Biblical characters
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female, no Marta
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
pt female Marta
Spanish
Pronunciation
marta +
Proper noun
f
es female Marta