ܡܪܐ

Originally a variant based on the short absolute state of ܡܵܪܝܵܐ (māryā) which is used only for the Lord God (ie. the Tetragrammaton); compare Hebrew מַר (mar), and also borrowed into Arabic مَار (mār), Old Armenian մար (mar), and Malayalam മാർ (māṟ).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [mɑːrɑː]

ܡܵܪܵܐ • (mārā) m sg (plural ܡܵܪ̈ܵܘܵܬܹܐ (mārāwātē) or ܡܵܪ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ (mārwāṯā), feminine ܡܵܪܬܵܐ (mārtā))

1. lord, master, ruler
2. patrician, noble
3. owner
4. (in the plural) relatives

• ܡܵܪܝܵܐ (māryā)

From Aramaic מרא (mārā); compare Hebrew מַר (mar).

• ܡܪܝܐ

• IPA^(key): [mɑrɑ]

ܡܪܐ • (mārā) m (plural ܡܪܘܬܐ or ܡܪܝܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܪܬܐ)

1. lord, master, ruler
2. prince, satrap
3. patrician, noble
4. owner
5. employer
6. rewarder
7. author
8. (in the plural) neighbors/neighbours

• → Old Armenian: մար (mar)
• → Arabic: مار (mār)
• → Malayalam: മാർ (māṟ)

• ܡܪܝܐ

From Akkadian 𒄑𒈥 (marru [^GEŠMAR]). Compare Arabic مَرّ (marr) and Ancient Greek μάρρον (márrhon).

• ܡܐܪܐ

• IPA^(key): [marrɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [marre] (plural)

ܡܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m (plural ܡܪܐ)

1. shovel, spade, hoe, mattock
2. mallet

From the root ܡ-ܪ-ܪ (m-r-r) related to bitterness.

• IPA^(key): [marrɑ]

ܡܪܐ • (transliteration needed) m(uncountable)

1. bitterness

• “mr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “mry”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pages 190b-191a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 247b, 298a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 823b-824b