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4-letter words (2 found)

MAAR,MARA,

3-letter words (5 found)

AMA,ARM,MAA,MAR,RAM,

2-letter words (4 found)

AA,AM,AR,MA,

You can make 11 words from mara according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of mara

mara amra mraa rmaa arma rama maar amar maar amar aamr aamr mraa rmaa mara amra rama arma aram raam aarm aarm raam aram

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Definitions and meaning of mara

mara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːɹə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːɹə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Norse mara, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ, cognate with Old English mare or mære. Doublet of mare. See nightmare.

Noun

mara (plural maras)

  1. (European folklore) A nightmare; a spectre or wraith-like creature in Germanic and particularly Scandinavian folklore; a female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.
Translations
Further reading
  • Mare (folklore) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मार (māra).

Noun

mara (plural maras)

  1. (Buddhism) A type of god that prevents accomplishment or success.
  2. (Buddhism) Any malicious or evil spirit.
Related terms
  • Mara
Translations
Further reading
  • Mara (demon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

From New World Spanish mará.

Noun

mara (plural maras)

  1. Any caviid rodent of genus Dolichotis, common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina.
Derived terms
  • Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum)
  • Chacoan mara (Dolichotis salinicola)
Translations

References

  • Mara (mammal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Dolichotis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
  • Dolichotis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

See also

  • mara d'atra
  • terra-mara

Anagrams

  • -rama, ARMA, Amar, Aram, Rama, Rāma, maar

'Are'are

Verb

mara

  1. be ashamed

References

  • Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Afar

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmara/, [ˈmʌɾʌ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ra

Noun

mára m 

  1. (in compounds) people
  2. (Northern dialects, in compounds) living
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
  • maré (“to live; family”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈra/, [mʌˈɾʌ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ra

Verb

mara

  1. first/third-person masculine singular affirmative imperfective of maré

References

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “màra”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Marie-Claude Simeone-Senelle, Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2013 August) “Gender, Number and Agreement in Afar (Cushitic language)”, in 43th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics‎[5], Leiden: Leiden University

Baagandji

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara.

Noun

mara

  1. hand

Balinese

Romanization

mara

  1. Romanization of ᬫᬭ
  2. Romanization of ᬫᬵᬭ

Bambara

Noun

mara (tone màra)

  1. guard
  2. region, province
  3. (administrative division) circle
  4. savings, reserves
  5. kingdom

Derived terms

Verb

mara

  1. (transitive) to guard, keep, take care of
  2. to manage, govern
  3. to keep, raise (poultry)

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maja. Compare Maranao mara, Yogad maga, Cebuano maa and Tetum maran.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈɾa/, [maˈɾa]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ra

Adjective

mará (Basahan spelling ᜋᜍ, plural marara)

  1. (Partido, Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) dry; arid
    Synonym: alang
    Antonyms: basa, dumog

Derived terms

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic اِمْرَأَة (imraʔa).

Noun

mara f (construct state mprat, plural nisfán)

  1. woman
  2. wife

Derived terms

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 426

Dieri

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara.

Noun

mara

  1. hand

Esperanto

Etymology

From maro +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmara]
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: mar‧a

Adjective

mara (accusative singular maran, plural maraj, accusative plural marajn)

  1. sea, of or relating to the sea

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑrɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ma‧ra

Etymology 1

Borrowed into Western Finnish dialects from Swedish mara, which is a demon that sits on the chest of a sleeping person and causes bad dreams. This demon is known by similar names among Germanic peoples and lives in English nightmare, in Swedish mardröm (“nightmare”) and in German Nachtmahr (“nightmare”), among others.

Noun

mara

  1. (folklore) nightmare, mara (demon that causes bad dreams)
    Synonym: painajainen
Declension

Etymology 2

From Spanish mará.

Noun

mara

  1. mara (hare-like South American rodent of the genus Dolichotis)
Declension
Derived terms

Anagrams

  • maar

Gamilaraay

Alternative forms

  • mārā, márá, murra, mŭrră

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *mara, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɻa/

Noun

mara

  1. hand
  2. finger

Quotations

  • 1873, William Ridley, Australian Languages and Traditions, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 2:
    Hand|murra
  • 1903, R. H. Mathews, Languages of the Kamilaroi and Other Aboriginal Tribes of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 33:
    Hand .... ....|murra

References

  • Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
  • Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese amarrar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mára.

Verb

mara

  1. to tie

Icelandic

Verb

mara (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative maraði, supine marað)

  1. to float under the surface

Conjugation

Noun

mara f (genitive singular möru, nominative plural mörur)

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Declension

Further reading

  • “mara” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈma.ra]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ra

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit मार (māra, “slaughter, destruction”).

Noun

mara (first-person possessive maraku, second-person possessive maramu, third-person possessive maranya)

  1. calamity, danger
    Synonyms: bahala, bahaya, bala, bencana, cobaan, dakiat, keapesan, kecelakaan, kegagalan, kemaharan, kemalangan, kemudaratan, kerugian, kesialan, malapetaka, mara
Synonyms
  • bahaya
  • bencana
  • malapetaka

Etymology 2

Unknown

Verb

mara

  1. to go

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit कोट (koṭa, “fort, shed, hut”) +‎ मार (māra, “killing, destroying”).

Noun

mara (first-person possessive maraku, second-person possessive maramu, third-person possessive maranya)

  1. Alternative spelling of kotamara (“a kind of naval defensive structure”).

Further reading

  • “mara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmˠaɾˠə]

Noun

mara f

  1. inflection of muir (“sea”):
    1. genitive singular
    2. plural

Conjunction

mara

  1. Cois Fharraige form of mura (“if... not, unless”)

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mara”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “mara” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “mara” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Japanese

Romanization

mara

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まら

Kaurna

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara.

Noun

mara

  1. hand

Derived terms

  • marawardli (“palm”)
  • marawaka (“cupped hands”)

Laz

Conjunction

mara

  1. Latin spelling of მარა (mara)

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic اِمْرَأة (imraʔa, “woman; wife”). Formally, a backformation from the latter’s definite form اَلْمَرْأة (al-marʔa) as in most modern Arabic dialects.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ra/

Noun

mara f (construct state mart or (archaic) mrat, plural nisa, masculine raġel or żewġ)

  1. woman
  2. wife
  3. female (of an animal)

Inflection

Derived terms

Mangarevan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

Verb

mara

  1. (stative) be unhappy, dispirited

Further reading

  • A Dictionary of Mangareva

Mapudungun

Noun

mara (Raguileo spelling)

  1. rabbit
  2. hare

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Maranao

Etymology

Akin to Tetum maran.

Adjective

mara

  1. dry

Martuthunira

Etymology

From Proto-Ngayarda *mara, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɻa/

Noun

mara

  1. hand

References

  • Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
  • Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara.

Noun

mara

  1. hand

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • maren m

Noun

mara f

  1. definite singular of mare

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mara f (definite singular mara, indefinite plural marer or maror, definite plural marene or marone)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of mare
  2. definite singular of mare

Verb

mara (present tense marar, past tense mara, past participle mara, passive infinitive marast, present participle marande, imperative mara/mar)

  1. Alternative form of mare

Anagrams

  • amar, arma

Nyunga

Alternative forms

  • marra
  • maar (eastern dialect)

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara.

Noun

mara

  1. (northern dialect) hand

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːrɑ/

Adjective

māra

  1. more
  2. greater
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "Midlent Sunday"

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: more, mare, moore
    • English: more
    • Geordie English: mair
    • Scots: mair
    • Yola: mo', more

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *marǭ.

Noun

mara f (genitive mǫru)

  1. nightmare, incubus
Declension
Descendants
  • Danish: mare c
  • Icelandic: mara f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mare f
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mare m or f
  • Swedish: mara c

Etymology 2

Probably related to marr m (“sea”).

Verb

mara

  1. to be waterlogged, float low in the water
    marði þá undir þeim skipit
Conjugation

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mara

  1. genitive plural of marr
  2. genitive plural of marr

References

  • "mara", in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

mara

  1. second-person singular imperative active of marati (“to die”)

Panyjima

Etymology

From Proto-Ngayarda *mara, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *mara.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɻa/

Noun

mara

  1. hand

References

  • Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
  • Dench, Alan. 1991. ‘Panyjima’. R.M.W. Dixon, Barry J. Blake (eds.) The Handbook of Australian Languages, Volume 4. Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, 125–244.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese amarrar and Spanish amarrar and Kabuverdianu mára.

The Portuguese word comes from Dutch aanmeren.

Verb

mara

  1. to tie

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mara. Compare English mare, German Mahr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: ma‧ra

Noun

mara f

  1. (literary) A dream, nightmare.
  2. (Slavic mythology) A creature believed to drain sleeping people of their blood or energy; wight, mare.

Declension

Descendants

  • → Belarusian: ма́ра (mára)

See also

  • zmora

Further reading

  • mara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mara in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “mara”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: Mara

Etymology 1

Adjective

mara (invariable)

  1. (Brazil, slang) Clipping of maravilhoso.
    • Carmen Pimentel (quoting “Siba”), Comunidades virtuais, comunidades linguísticas in 2015, Idioma, n. 29, page 192:

Etymology 2

From Spanish mara.

Noun

mara f (plural maras)

  1. mara (Central American street gang)

Etymology 3

Verb

mara

  1. inflection of marar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mala, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *malaŋ.

Verb

mara

  1. to start rotting, going bad

Noun

mara

  1. lump, bruise (from a blow)

Further reading

  • Rapanui-English Dictionary

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

mara f sg

  1. genitive singular of muir (“sea, ocean”)

Mutation

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɾa/ [ˈma.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: ma‧ra

Etymology 1

Clipping of marabunta.

Noun

mara f (plural maras)

  1. (colloquial) people in one's in-group, crew, gang, squad
    Cariño, hoy en la noche saldré con la mara de la empresa. ― Honey, tonight I'm going out with the crew from work.
  2. (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico) criminal gang
    Synonym: pandilla
    A mediados de 2012, se acordó una tregua entre las maras salvadoreñas y el gobierno local. ― In mid-2012, a truce was orchestrated between Salvadorian gangs and the local government.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

mara f (plural maras)

  1. Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Tamil மரம் (maram, “tree”) (occurring in the names of many woods).

Noun

mara f (plural maras)

  1. Calophyllum calaba

Etymology 4

Noun

mara f (plural maras)

  1. Obsolete form of maga (“Thespesia grandiflora”).

Further reading

  • “mara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرَّة (marra).

Pronunciation

Noun

mara (n class, plural mara)

  1. time (used to form adverbial numbers, as in "one time" (i.e. once))

Usage notes

  • See Appendix:Swahili numbers#Adverbial numbers.

Derived terms

  • mara kwa mara (“from time to time, occasionally”)
  • mara moja (“once; immediately, right away”)

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²mɑːra/
  • Rhymes: -²ɑːra

Etymology 1

From Old Norse mara, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ; cognate to Old English mare or mære.

Noun

mara c

  1. a mythological creature blamed for giving people nightmares
Declension
Derived terms
  • nattmara
  • satmara

Etymology 2

Noun

mara c

  1. Clipping of maratonlopp n (“marathon race”).
Declension

References

  • mara in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • mara in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • mara in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • aram., arma, rama

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmara/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmaːra/, /ˈmara/

Noun

mara

  1. Nasal mutation of bara (“bread”).

Mutation

Yámana

Verb

mara

  1. hear

Synonyms

  • muS

Source: wiktionary.org