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Mara en · PROPN · etymology 1

Meanings

1. A Maran Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken in southeastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

Deriveds

Maran

Mara en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Hebrew מָרָא (mara, “bitterness”), derived from Hebrew מַר (mar, “bitter”). The modern given name may also be shortened from Maria or Tamara.

Meanings

1. (rare) A female given name from Hebrew.
   • Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ruth 1:20:

Relateds

Marah

Mara en · PROPN · etymology 3

Etymology

From O'Mara, a variant of O'Meara.

Meanings

1. A surname from Irish.

Mara en · PROPN · etymology 4

Etymology

From Sanskrit मर (mara), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die”). Doublet of mortality.

Meanings

1. (Hinduism) The Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama.
2. The Buddhist demon who tempts people away from enlightenment

Relateds

mara

Translations (18)

shn မႃႇၼၢတ်ႈ (Buddhist demon) · vi Thiên Ma (Buddhist demon) · ja 天魔 (Buddhist demon) · ja 第六天魔王 (Buddhist demon) · ja 魔羅 (Buddhist demon) · th มาร (Buddhist demon) · ja 波旬 (Buddhist demon) · mnw မိုပ်မာ (Buddhist demon) · my မာရ်နတ် (Buddhist demon) · cmn 波旬 (Buddhist demon) · cmn 天魔 (Buddhist demon) · km មារ (Buddhist demon) · mnw မာ (Buddhist demon) · lo ມາຣະ (Buddhist demon) · cmn 魔羅 /魔罗 (Buddhist demon) · lo ມານ (Buddhist demon) · ko 천마 (Buddhist demon) · ko 마라 (Buddhist demon)

Mara en · PROPN · etymology 5

Etymology

Meanings

1. (qualifier:Slavic mythology) The Slavic goddess of winter and death; Marena or Marzanna.

Mara en · NOUN · etymology 6

Etymology

Meanings

1. A member of a predominantly agricultural tribe of southern Assam and western Burma.

Forms

Synonyms

Lakher

Mara en · PROPN · etymology 7

Etymology

Meanings

1. A river in Tanzania and Kenya.
   • In the dry season, when the Mara becomes narrower and shallower, certain stretches of it become especially thick with hippos—and their dung. 2018 May 16, Ed Yong, “Hippos Poop So Much That Sometimes All the Fish Die”, in The Atlantic:

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