मर्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *máryas (young man), from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (young man or woman).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (mairiia, yeoman) and Latin marītus (husband), Ancient Greek μεῖρᾰξ (meîrax, lass, young lady), Welsh morwyn (maiden).

Pronunciation

Noun

मर्य (márya) m (metrical Vedic máriya)

  1. young man, suitor, lover
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.115.2:
      सूर्यो देवीमुषसं रोचमानां मर्यो न योषामभ्येति पश्चात् ।
      sūryo devīmuṣasaṃ rocamānāṃ maryo na yoṣāmabhyeti paścāt .
      The Sun follows the refulgent goddess of the Dawn like a young man pursues a young lady.
  2. stallion

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मर्य (márya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मर्यः
máryaḥ
मर्यौ
máryau
मर्याः / मर्यासः¹
máryāḥ / máryāsaḥ¹
Vocative मर्य
márya
मर्यौ
máryau
मर्याः / मर्यासः¹
máryāḥ / máryāsaḥ¹
Accusative मर्यम्
máryam
मर्यौ
máryau
मर्यान्
máryān
Instrumental मर्येण
máryeṇa
मर्याभ्याम्
máryābhyām
मर्यैः / मर्येभिः¹
máryaiḥ / máryebhiḥ¹
Dative मर्याय
máryāya
मर्याभ्याम्
máryābhyām
मर्येभ्यः
máryebhyaḥ
Ablative मर्यात्
máryāt
मर्याभ्याम्
máryābhyām
मर्येभ्यः
máryebhyaḥ
Genitive मर्यस्य
máryasya
मर्ययोः
máryayoḥ
मर्याणाम्
máryāṇām
Locative मर्ये
márye
मर्ययोः
máryayoḥ
मर्येषु
máryeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.