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Mari
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Appendix:Variations of "mari"
English
Pronunciation
en
Etymology 1
From en akk 𒈠𒌷𒆠 ma-riki, from und Mer, an ancient storm/patron deity of Mesopotamia and Syria.Tinney, Steve; Novotny, Jamie; Robson, Eleanor; Veldhuis, Niek, eds. (2020). "Mari [1] (SN)". Oracc (Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus). Oracc Steering Committee.Green, Alberto Ravinell Whitney (2003). The Storm-god in the Ancient Near East. Biblical and Judaic studies from the University of California, San Diego. 8. Eisenbrauns. Oldenburg, Ulf (1969). The Conflict between El and Ba'al in Canaanite Religion. Dissertationes ad Historiam Religionum Pertinentes. 3. Also see Nûr-Mêr.
Proper noun
en historical An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, the modern-day Tell Hariri in Syria.
Related terms
en Mariote
Translations
ancient city
French: fr Mari
Polish: pl Mari n
Further reading
Mari, Syria
Etymology 2
en :bor mrj:мари<t:Mari language term for the Mari> + 1
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Mari.wav Southern England
en ɑːɹi 2
Noun
p
en people A Volga-Finnic people in the Volga region.
Synonyms
people en Cheremis, en Cheremiss dated
Derived terms
en Marian
Translations
people
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 馬里人 Mǎlǐ rén
Chuvash: cv ҫармӑс, cv ҫармӑссем p
Finnish: fi mari person, fi marit p people
Georgian: ka მარიელი person, ka მარიელები people
Hungarian: hu mari, hu cseremisz
Japanese: ja マリ人 マリじん, Mari jin
Marathi: mr मारी
Polish: pl Maryjczyk m, pl Maryjka f
Russian: ru мариец m, ru марийцы m-p n-p, ru марийка f, ru марийки f-p
Proper noun
+ language
A Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Mari people.
Meadow Mari; Eastern Mari.
Usage notes
There are two written varieties of Mari, one called Meadow Mari or Eastern Mari, and the other Hill Mari or Western Mari. The speakers of the former outnumber those of the latter by 10 to 1 or more, depending on which source one believes. The English Wiktionary uses the code mhr for Eastern Mari and the code mrj for Western Mari.
Synonyms
language en Cheremis dated
Meronyms
Uralic language spoken by the Mari
en Meadow Mari, en Eastern Mari
en Hill Mari, en Western Mari
Translations
language
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 馬里語 Mǎlǐ yǔ
Chuvash: cv ҫармӑс чӗлхи
Czech: cs marijština f
Finnish: fi mari, fi marin kieli
Hungarian: hu mari, hu cseremisz
Japanese: ja マリ語 マリご, Mari go
Marathi: mr मारी f
Mari:
Eastern Mari: mhr марий йылме
Western Mari: mrj мары йӹлмӹ
Polish: pl język maryjski m
Russian: ru мари́йский m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh маријски m
Latin: sh marijski m
Slovene: sl marijščina f
Turkish: tr Mari dili
Udmurt: udm пор
Eastern Mari, as distinct from Western Mari Meadow Mari
Etymology 3
en
Proper noun
+ language (Madang Province)
An Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Synonyms
language en Hop
References
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
en /ˈmɑɹi/ GenAm
en /ˈmɑːɹi/ UK
Proper noun
en female Japanese.
en 2010-03-09 Lee G. Bolman; Terrence E. Deal Reframing the Path to School Leadership: A Guide for Teachers and Principals Corwin Press 9781412978194 Our colleague, Mari Takahashi Parker (1993), compared schools in the United States and in Japan. She found that in the United States, principals tended to feel the weight of just about everything on their shoulders.
en 2018 Emiko Jean Empress of All Seasons HMH Books For Young Readers 9780544530942 40 He hopped across and went to lift Mari, but she shook her head and jumped over [by] herself.
Further reading
chm Mari
mhr Meadow Mari
mrj Hill Mari
Anagrams
en aimr Rima raim rami AMIR Amir Mira RIMA Irma amir mair rima Rami RAIM Mair
en Ethnonyms Languages Mari El, Russia
Bavarian
Pronunciation
bar /ˈmaːri/ /-e/
Proper noun
bar female, short form of Maria
Breton
Alternative forms
br Maria
Proper noun
f
br biblical character Mary
br female Mary Hebrew
br Biblical characters
Catalan
Etymology
ca :lbor la:Marius
ca la Marius.
Proper noun
m
Marius
Estonian
Etymology
Short for et Maria; also identical with et mari berry.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female Hebrew
Related terms
et Marje, et Marju
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
fi name
Traditional short form of fi Maria.
Proper noun
fi female Biblical Hebrew Mary
fi 1986 Aune Torkell Kaukana toisiamme lähellä SLEY-kirjat 951-617-681-X 118 ―Vai Mari siusta tuli, isomummon kaima. Suokoo Jumala et siun elämä ois onnellisempaa ko miun äetrukan, mummi sanoi vauvalle ja kuiskasi sitten niin kuin silloin, kun ensimmäisen kerran hänet näki ja risti sormellaan hänen otsansa:―Jeesus lasta siunakkoo!―Myöskin Akun äidin nimi oli Mari, äiti sanoi.Mummin iloinen ilme muuttui no johan mie aattelin -ilmeeksi. [ - - - ] Samalla hän rupatteli:―Taisin ihan punaseks lehahtaa ko pappi sano lapse nimen. Luulin et Marja tai Maija, ko Maikiks toisinaa sanoitte. ―So you were named Mari, the same as your grandmother. God grant you your life to be happier than for poor mother me, the grandmother said to the baby and then whispered like when she saw her for the first time and made a cross with her fingers over her forehead:―Jesus bless this child!―Aku's mother too was called Mari, the mother said.Grandmother's happy expression turned into a 'I was thinking about it' one. [ - - - ] At the same time, she chatted:―I think I turned all red when the priest said her name. I thought Marja or Maija, when you call her Maikki after all.
fi 1997 w:fi:Jorma Palo Uitettu rotta WSOY 951-0-22195-3 36 Nyt Mari makasi olohuoneen sohvalla ja katseli televisiota. Hänen oikea nimensä oli Sari, mutta hän oli niin Marilyn Monroen näköinen, että hänen luontevin nimensä oli Mari. Now Mari was lying on the living room couch watching television. Her real name was Sari, but she looked so much like Marilyn Monroe that her most natural name was Mari.
fi 2007 w:Riikka Pulkkinen Raja Gummerus 978-952-459-809-5 29 Ikää on kuusitoista vuotta. Nimi on arkinen Mari, kaksitavuinen tynkeä Mari. Mari on kiltin tytön nimi. Sixteen years of age. Name such a plain one as Mari, a disyllabic, stubby Mari. Mari is a name a nice girl would have.
Declension
Mar a
Derived terms
fi compounds Anna-Mari Anne-Mari Hanna-Mari
Statistics
dvv_20250813 15061 9321 42
Etymology 2
fi republic
See fi mari Mari person.
Proper noun
fi uncountable Mari Republic
fi Marin tasavalta
Declension
sg Mar a
References
Anagrams
fi aimr Armi Irma Mira Rami armi rami rima
fi Republics of Russia
Greenlandic
Alternative forms
kl Mare old orthography
Etymology
Borrowed from kl da Marie.
Proper noun
kl proper noun
kl female Hebrew Mary
Related terms
kl Maalat
kl Maalia
kl Maaliaanna
kl Maaria
References
Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, 978-87-990324-3-3
Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland
Hungarian
Etymology
proper noun hu Mária (changing hu -á- to hu -a-).
Pronunciation
hu Ma ri
hu ri 2
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu female Mária Mary Hebrew
Declension
Mari oMari ja
Icelandic
Pronunciation
is aːrɪ 2
is mari
Proper noun
@@
is male
Declension
m
Italian
it:
Etymology
Patronymic/short form of the medieval name it Ademaro, it Adimaro.
Patronymic/short form of it Mario.
Short form of en Amari, or a nickname from it amaro bitter.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mfbysense
it
Further reading
mari
Japanese
Romanization
まり
マリ
Norwegian
Etymology
A traditional vernacular form of no Maria.
Proper noun
no female Mary Hebrew
References
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7
Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9987 females with the given name Mari living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es colloquial es female María
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Mari.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female Hebrew Mary, a less common spelling of sv Marie
Anagrams
sv aimr Irma
Welsh
Pronunciation
cy /ˈmarɪ/ cy-N
cy /ˈmaːri/ /ˈmari/ cy-S
Proper noun
cy proper noun
cy female Mary
Derived terms
cy Mari crych<t:a kind of cider apple> Mari waedlyd<t:love-lies-bleeding Amaranthus caudatus> pêr Mari Harri<t:a kind of orange-coloured pear> plant Mari<t:derogatory term for Roman Catholics or the Irish, "Mary's children"> sgyrsiyn Mari Huw<t:an excursion on a canal boat> y Fari Lwyd<t:the Mari Lwyd, a wassailing folk custom>
Mutation
References