maru

See also: Appendix:Variations of "maru"

English

Etymology

From Japanese 円, 丸 (まる, maru, “circle”, also a suffix for ship names).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːɹuː/, /ˈmaɹuː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹu/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɹuː

Noun

maru (plural marus)

1. (prepositive or postpositive) A suffix of Japanese ship names.

   the Nippon Maru

2. (colloquial) A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/.

   Synonym: handakuten

3. A large, circular punctuation mark (。) used as a full stop in Japanese text.

Coordinate terms

• nigori

Derived terms

• Kobayashi Maru

Translations

Japanese semi-voiced mark — see handakuten

Anagrams

• 'umra, Amur, Mura, Umar, amur, arum, mura

Anguthimri

Noun

maru

1. (Mpakwithi) queenfish

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 187

Cubeo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bãˈɾu/

Conjunction

maru

1. if (in nasal environment).

   Ijimʉ moare ãñʉ maru, ãmeno nʉcʉyʉme.

   If the patient eats fish, he will get worse.

Synonyms

• baru

References

• N. L. Morse; J. K. Salser; N. de Salser (1999), "maru", in Diccionario ilustrado bilingüe: cubeo-español, espanõl-cubeo, →ISBN
• N. L. Morse; M. B. Maxwell (1999), Cubeo Grammar: Studies in the languages of Colombia 5, Summer Institute of Linguistics, →ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

maru

1. Rōmaji transcription of まる

Javanese

Romanization

maru

1. Romanization of ꦩꦫꦸ.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

maru f (definite singular maro, indefinite plural marur, definite plural marune)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of mare

Anagrams

• maur, mura

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ru/
• Rhymes: -ru
• Hyphenation: ma‧ru

Etymology 1

Affixed ro, rwa (“two”) +‎ ma- (“active verb prefix”).

Noun

maru

1. co-wife (in a polygamous marriage)

Adjective

maru

1. jealous

Alternative forms

• madu

Derived terms

• amaru
• makamaru
• minaru-maru
• pinamarokĕn
• tan pamarwan

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦩꦫꦸ (maru) (inherited)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मरु (maru, “wilderness”).

Noun

maru

1. wilderness
2. sandy waste, desert

Further reading

• "maru" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀭𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• मरु (Devanagari script)
• মরু (Bengali script)
• මරු (Sinhalese script)
• မရု (Burmese script)
• มรุ or มะรุ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩁᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຣຸ or ມະຣຸ (Lao script)
• មរុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄢𑄪 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

maru m

1. deity

Declension

Declension table of "maru" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	maru	maravo or marū
Accusative (second)	maruṃ	maravo or marū
Instrumental (third)	marunā	marūhi or marūbhi
Dative (fourth)	marussa or maruno	marūnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	marusmā or marumhā	marūhi or marūbhi
Genitive (sixth)	marussa or maruno	marūnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	marusmiṃ or marumhi	marūsu
Vocative (calling)	maru	marave or maravo

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

maru f

1. sand
2. (by extension) sandy waste