मार्जार
Marathi
References
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मार्जार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- मार्जाल (mārjāla)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মাৰ্জাৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬵᬃᬚᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
- মার্জার (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰯𑰨𑰿𑰕𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- မာရ်္ဇာရ (Burmese script)
- માર્જાર (Gujarati script)
- ਮਾਰ੍ਜਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦴꦂꦗꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂰𑂩𑂹𑂔𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಾರ್ಜಾರ (Kannada script)
- មាជ៌ារ (Khmer script)
- ມາຣ຺ຊາຣ (Lao script)
- മാര്ജാര (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᡯᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘰𑘨𑘿𑘕𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢗᠷᠽᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧑𑧈𑧠𑦵𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐵𑐬𑑂𑐖𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
- ମାର୍ଜାର (Odia script)
- ꢪꢵꢬ꣄ꢙꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆳𑆫𑇀𑆘𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖯𑖨𑖿𑖕𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
- මාර්ජාර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩣𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚭𑚤𑚶𑚑𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
- மார்ஜார (Tamil script)
- మార్జార (Telugu script)
- มารฺชาร (Thai script)
- མཱ་རྫཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒰𑒩𑓂𑒖𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨥𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Unknown. Traditionally said to be from the root मृज् (mṛj, “to wipe”), but that is certainly a folk etymology.
Noun
मार्जार • (mārjāra) stem, m
- cat
- c. 250 CE – 700 CE, Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa 2.60:
- मार्जाराखुभयं यत्र नैषामण्डजजन्मनाम् ।
श्येनतो नकुलाद्वापि स्थाप्यन्तां तत्र पक्षिणः ॥- mārjārākhubhayaṃ yatra naiṣāmaṇḍajajanmanām.
śyenato nakulādvāpi sthāpyantāṃ tatra pakṣiṇaḥ. - The birds should be kept where these egg-born ones have no fear of the cat and the rat, the hawk and the mongoose too.
- mārjārākhubhayaṃ yatra naiṣāmaṇḍajajanmanām.
- मार्जाराखुभयं यत्र नैषामण्डजजन्मनाम् ।
- wild cat
- civet cat
- Plumbago indica
- Terminalia catappa
- Sesbania grandiflora
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of मार्जार (mārjāra) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मार्जारः mārjāraḥ |
मार्जारौ / मार्जारा¹ mārjārau / mārjārā¹ |
मार्जाराः / मार्जारासः¹ mārjārāḥ / mārjārāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | मार्जार mārjāra |
मार्जारौ / मार्जारा¹ mārjārau / mārjārā¹ |
मार्जाराः / मार्जारासः¹ mārjārāḥ / mārjārāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | मार्जारम् mārjāram |
मार्जारौ / मार्जारा¹ mārjārau / mārjārā¹ |
मार्जारान् mārjārān |
| Instrumental | मार्जारेण mārjāreṇa |
मार्जाराभ्याम् mārjārābhyām |
मार्जारैः / मार्जारेभिः¹ mārjāraiḥ / mārjārebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | मार्जाराय mārjārāya |
मार्जाराभ्याम् mārjārābhyām |
मार्जारेभ्यः mārjārebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मार्जारात् mārjārāt |
मार्जाराभ्याम् mārjārābhyām |
मार्जारेभ्यः mārjārebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मार्जारस्य mārjārasya |
मार्जारयोः mārjārayoḥ |
मार्जाराणाम् mārjārāṇām |
| Locative | मार्जारे mārjāre |
मार्जारयोः mārjārayoḥ |
मार्जारेषु mārjāreṣu |
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Synonyms
- बिडाल (biḍāla)
- आखुभुज (ākhubhuja)
Derived terms
- मार्जारक (mārjāraka)
- मार्जारकण्ठ (mārjārakaṇṭha)
- मार्जारकरण (mārjārakaraṇa)
- मार्जारकर्णिक (mārjārakarṇika)
- मार्जारकर्णी (mārjārakarṇī)
- मार्जारगन्धा (mārjāragandhā)
- मार्जारगन्धिका (mārjāragandhikā)
- मार्जारन्याय (mārjāranyāya)
- मार्जारमूषक (mārjāramūṣaka)
- मार्जारलिङ्गिन् (mārjāraliṅgin)
- मार्जारिका (mārjārikā)
- मार्जारी (mārjārī)
- मार्जारीक्रमण (mārjārīkramaṇa)
- मार्जारीय (mārjārīya)
- मार्जार्यासन (mārjāryāsana)
Descendants
Further reading
- “मार्जार” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 409, column 1.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मार्जार”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 227
- Monier Williams (1899) “Mārjāra”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 813/1.
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