English

Proper noun

Mari

1. An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, modern-day Tell Hariri, Syria.

External links

• Mari, Syria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Eastern Mari мари ‎(mari, “Mari language term for the Mari”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːri

Proper noun

Mari

1. A Volga-Finnic people in the Volga region.
2. A Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Mari people.
3. Meadow Mari, Eastern Mari

Usage notes

There are two written varieties of Mari, one called Meadow Mari or Eastern Mari, and the other Hill Mari or Western Mari. The speakers of the former outnumber those of the latter by 10 to 1 or more, depending on which source one believes. The English Wiktionary uses the code chm (which ISO 639-3 assigned to the Mari macrolanguage) for Eastern Mari and the code mrj for Western Mari.

Synonyms

• (language): Cheremis (dated)
• (people): Cheremis (dated)

Meronyms

• (Uralic language spoken by the Mari):

  Meadow Mari, Eastern Mari

  Hill Mari, Western Mari

Translations

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Mari, chm
• Ethnologue entry for Meadow Mari, mhr
• Ethnologue entry for Hill Mari, mrj

Anagrams

• amir, Amir, Irma, mair, Mira, raim, rami, rima, RIMA

Estonian

Etymology

Short for Maria; also identical with Estonian mari ‎(“berry”).

Proper noun

Mari

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Marje, Marju

Finnish

Etymology

Traditional short form of Maria.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ma‧ri
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• IPA^(key): [ˈmɑri]

Proper noun

Mari

1. A female given name.
   • 1986 Aune Torkell, Kaukana toisiamme lä****ä, SLEY-kirjat, ISBN 951-617-681-X, page 118:

     ―Vai Mari siusta tuli, isomummon kaima. Suokoo Jumala et siun elämä ois onnellisempaa ko miun äetrukan, mummi sanoi vauvalle ja kuiskasi sitten niin kuin silloin, kun ensimmäisen kerran hänet näki ja risti sormellaan hänen otsansa:

     ―Jeesus lasta siunakkoo!

     ―Myöskin Akun äidin nimi oli Mari, äiti sanoi.

     Mummin iloinen ilme muuttui no johan mie aattelin -ilmeeksi. [ - - - ] Samalla hän rupatteli:

     ―Taisin ihan punaseks lehahtaa ko pappi sano lapse nimen. Luulin et Marja tai Maija, ko Maikiks toisinaa sanoitte.

   • 1997 Jorma Palo, Uitettu rotta, WSOY, ISBN 951-0-22195-3, page 36:

     Nyt Mari makasi olohuoneen sohvalla ja katseli televisiota. Hänen oikea nimensä oli Sari, mutta hän oli niin Marilyn Monroen näköinen, että hänen luontevin nimensä oli Mari.

   • 2007 Riikka Pulkkinen, Raja, Gummerus, ISBN 978-952-459-809-5, page 29:

     Ikää on kuusitoista vuotta. Nimi on arkinen Mari, kaksitavuinen tynkeä Mari. Mari on kiltin tytön nimi.

Declension

Anagrams

• Armi, Irma, Mira, Rami, rima, mari

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

• (old orthography) Mare

Etymology

Borrowing from Danish Marie.

Proper noun

Mari

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Maalat
• Maalia
• Maaliaanna
• Maaria

References

• Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, ISBN 978-87-990324-3-3
• Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒri]
• Hyphenation: Ma‧ri

Proper noun

Mari

1. A diminutive of the female given name Mária

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːrɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːrɪ
• Homophone: mari

Proper noun

Mari m

1. A male given name

Declension

Norwegian

Etymology

A traditional vernacular form of Maria.

Proper noun

Mari

1. A female given name.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9987 females with the given name Mari living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Swedish

Proper noun

Mari

1. A female given name, a less common spelling of Marie.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• mare

Adjective

mari ‎(plural mari)

1. big, large, great

Antonyms

• njic

Derived terms

• mãrescu

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *marja.

Noun

mari ‎(genitive marja, partitive marja)

1. berry
2. (uncountable) roe (eggs of fish)

Declension

Derived terms

• kalamari

Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧ri
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑri/

Etymology 1

< Eastern Mari мари ‎(mari, “Mari person”)

Noun

mari

1. Mari (person)
2. Mari (language)

Declension

Synonyms

• (language): marin kieli

Hyponyms

• niittymari
• vuorimari

Etymology 2

< marihuana

Noun

mari

1. (slang) marijuana

Declension

Anagrams

• Armi, Irma, Mira, Rami, rima

French

Etymology 1

From Old French mari, from Latin marītus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁi/

Noun

mari m ‎(plural maris)

1. husband

Related terms

• femme
• marier
• marié

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of marijuana.

Noun

mari f ‎(plural maris)

1. cannabis ‎(“marijuana”)

Anagrams

• mira
• rami
• rima

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin māter, mātrem.

Noun

mari f ‎(plural maris)

1. mother

See also

• pari

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɻi/

Noun

mari

1. aboriginal person

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒri]
• Hyphenation: ma‧ri

Adjective

mari (not comparable)

1. Mari (of or relating to Mari El, its people or language)

Noun

mari ‎(plural marik)

1. Mari (person)
2. (singular only) Mari (language)

Declension

Related terms

• Mari El

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay mari, from Proto-Malayic *mari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.

Verb

mari

1. to come here

Italian

Noun

mari m

1. plural of mare

Anagrams

• armi
• mira
• rami
• rima

Latin

Etymology 1

Inflected form of mās ‎(“man”).

Noun

marī m

1. dative singular of mas

Etymology 2

Inflected form of mare ‎(“sea”).

Noun

marī n

1. dative singular of mare
2. ablative singular of mare

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mari/
• Rhymes: -ari, -ri, -i

Alternative forms

• ماري

Verb

mari

1. (intransitive) to come (to move from further away to nearer to)

Synonyms

• datang / داتڠ

Interjection

mari

1. come on

Mapudungun

Numeral

mari ‎(using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. (cardinal) ten

References

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

Martuthunira

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɻi/

Noun

mari

1. younger sister

Synonyms

• karturra (avoidance speech)

See also

• thurtu

References

• Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

Novial

Verb

mari ‎(past marid, active participle marient, passive participle marit)

1. (transitive) marry

Derived terms

• mario
• marita
• mariteso
• marito

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin marītus.

Noun

mari m ‎(oblique plural maris, nominative singular maris, nominative plural mari)

1. husband
   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:

     Sachiez, ce mes oncles m'esforce
     Que je preigne mari a force,
     Je m'enfuirai en aucun leu

     Know that if my uncle forces me
     To take a husband against my will
     I will flee to any place [but here]

Descendants

• French: mari

Etymology 2

see marir

Verb

mari m

1. past participle of marir

Adjective

mari m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular marie)

1. angry; angered
   • circa 1120, Philippe de Taon, Bestiaire, line 906:

     Li asne est marri lores quant fait sun cri

     the donkey is angry when he does his cry

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [marʲ]

Adjective

mari

1. masculine plural nominative form of mare
2. masculine plural accusative form of mare
3. feminine plural nominative form of mare
4. feminine plural accusative form of mare
5. neuter plural nominative form of mare
6. neuter plural accusative form of mare

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• mare

Etymology

From Latin mare. Compare Italian mare.

Noun

mari

1. sea

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin mare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɾɪ/
• Hyphenation: mà‧ri

Noun

mari m (plural mari)

1. sea

Somali

Verb

mari

1. to apply

   rooti-ga wax mari. - Apply something on the bread

Venetian

Noun

mari

1. plural of mar