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Mara
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Appendix:Variations of "mara"
English
Etymology 1
en
Proper noun
en proper noun
A Maran Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken in southeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
Derived terms
en Maran
References
Colin Yallop, Australian Aboriginal Languages, Andrew Deutsch, 1982, 0-233-97309-5.
Etymology 2
+ (name)
From en he מָרָא mara bitterness, derived from en he מַר mar bitter. The modern given name may also be shortened from en Maria or en Tamara.
Proper noun
en rare en female Hebrew.
Ruth 1 20 Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Related terms
en Marah
Etymology 3
+ (name)
From en O'Mara, a variant of en O'Meara.
Proper noun
en Irish.
Etymology 4
+ (demon)
en Hindu god
From en sa मर, from en ine-pro *mer- to die. Doublet of mortality.
Proper noun
en Hinduism The Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama.
en Buddhism The Buddhist demon who tempts people away from enlightenment
Related terms
en mara
Translations
Buddhist demon
Burmese: my မာရ်နတ်
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 天魔 Tiānmó, cmn 魔羅 Móluó, cmn 波旬
Japanese: ja 天魔 Tenma, ja 魔羅 Mara, ja 第六天魔王 Dairokutenmaō, ja 波旬 Hajun
Khmer: km មារ
Korean: ko 마라, ko 천마
Lao: lo ມານ, lo ມາຣະ
Mon: mnw မာ, mnw မိုပ်မာ
Shan: shn မႃႇၼၢတ်ႈ
Thai: th มาร
Tibetan: bo
Vietnamese: vi Thiên Ma
Etymology 5
Morana (goddess)
en
Proper noun
en Slavic god The Slavic goddess of winter and death; Marena or Marzanna.
Etymology 6
+ people
en
Noun
A member of a predominantly agricultural tribe of southern Assam and western Burma.
en Lakher
Etymology 7
+ River
en
Proper noun
the Mara
en river in c/Tanzania and c/Kenya.
en 2018-05-16 The Atlantic Hippos Poop So Much That Sometimes All the Fish Die Ed Yong https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/hippos-poop-so-much-that-sometimes-all-the-fish-die/560486/ In the dry season, when the Mara becomes narrower and shallower, certain stretches of it become especially thick with hippos—and their dung. https://web.archive.org/web/20260718034102/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/hippos-poop-so-much-that-sometimes-all-the-fish-die/560486/ 18 July 2026
Anagrams
en aamr Rāma Rama ARMA -rama maar amra Aram Amar
en diminutives of female given names
en Biblical characters Gods Languages
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Diminutive of fi Martti.
Proper noun
fi male Martti
fi informal Nickname for Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish politician and President of Finland (1994–2000)
Declension
Mar a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 10 5 25 13
Etymology 2
From a Karelian diminutive of some Eastern Orthodox name (in Karelia) and possibly from fi sv mar as a geographical term in Western Finland.
Proper noun
fi Finnish
Declension
Mar a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 123
References
Anagrams
fi aamr maar
fi Nicknames for individuals
Portuguese
Pronunciation
pt Ma ra
Proper noun
f +
pt female
Prasuni
Alternative forms
prn Mārë Pashki
prn Marë Pronz
prn Maro Zumu
Etymology
prn inc. Compare sa महाराजन् mahārā́jan.
Proper noun
prn proper noun Shtivem′ârâ
en Mara
References
Jakob Halfmann (2023) Nuristani Theonyms in Light of Historical Phonology, in Roots of Peristan, Rome, Italy, pages 321, 324
Romanian
Pronunciation
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Mara.wav
Proper noun
f Marei
ro female
Swahili
sw:+ (kundinyota)
Pronunciation
sw Sw-ke-Mara.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
sw zodiac constellations Andromeda