Hindi

Alternative forms

• मरू ‎(marū)

Noun

मरु • ‎(maru) m ‎(Urdu spelling مرو)

1. desert (sandy)
2. dry ground
3. soil destitute of water
4. a mountain, rock
5. name of a king belonging to the Ikshvāku family
6. name of the province of Mārwār, and of its people

See also

• मरुस्थल ‎(marusthal)
• मरुभूमि ‎(marubhūmi)

References

• John T. Platts (accessed 08-15-2012), “A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English”, in (Please provide the title of the work)

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

मरु m

1. deity

Declension

Noun

मरु f

1. sand
2. sandy waste

Sanskrit

Noun

मरु • ‎(marú) m

1. wilderness, sandy waste, desert (often in plural)
2. mountain, rock
3. "the desert-like penance" i.e. abstinence from drinking
4. (botany) a species of plant
5. deer, antelope
6. name of a daitya (usually associated with naraka)
7. name of a Vasu
8. name of a prince (the son of Śīghra)
9. name of a king belonging to the Ikṣvāku family
10. name of a son of Hary-aśva
11. (in the plural) name of a country (Marwar) and its inhabitants

Declension

Derived terms

• मरुभूमि ‎(marubhūmi)
• मरुदेश ‎(marudēś)
• मरुस्थल ‎(marusthal)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0790