Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑːr]

Noun

مَار • ‎(mār) m

1. (Christianity) Lord; Saint; Mar (honorific title for a man of religion, most often a saint)
   • Matthew 7:21:

     لَيْسَ كُلُّ مَنْ يَقُولُ لِي: يَا مَار! يَا مَار! يَدْخُلُ مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ، بَلْ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ بِإِرَادَةِ أَبِي الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ‎

     laysa kullu man yaqūlu lī: yā mār! yā mār! yadḵulu malakūta s-samāwāti, bal man yaʿmalu bi-ʾirādati ʾabī llaḏī fī s-samāwāti.

     Not everyone who says to me, Lord! Lord! will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Declension

Synonyms

• قديس (for saints)

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of مَرَّ ‎(marra, “to pass, to stroll by”), from the root م ر ر ‎(m-r-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑːrː]

Adjective

مَارّ • ‎(mārr)

1. passing

   الْمَارّ ذِكْرُهُ ‎(al-mārr ḏikruhu)— the above-mentioned, the aforesaid, the above

2. going by, walking past, riding past, going across, walking, transient
3. going on foot

Declension

Noun

مَارّ • ‎(mārr) m ‎(plural مَارُّون ‎(mārrūn) or مَارَّة ‎(mārra))

1. passer-by, pedestrian, walker, stroller

Declension

Baluchi

Noun

مار • ‎(már)

1. snake
2. serpent

Kurdish

Alternative forms

• mar (Kurmanji)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭠𐭥 ‎(mār).

Noun

مار • ‎(mâr) m

1. (Sorani) snake.

Mazanderani

Noun

مار ‎(mâr)

1. mother

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭬𐭠𐭥 ‎(mār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɒːɾ]

Noun

مار • ‎(mâr) ‎(plural مارها ‎(mâr-hâ))

1. snake
2. serpent