मार्जार

Marathi

Etymology

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Noun

मार्जार • (mārjār) m

domestic cat

References

Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मार्जार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

मार्जाल (mārjāla)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬫᬵᬃᬚᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
মাৰ্জাৰ (Assamese script)
মার্জার (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰯𑰨𑰿𑰕𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
માર્જાર (Gujarati script)
ਮਾਰੑਜਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦩꦴꦂꦗꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
មាជ៌ារ (Khmer script)
ಮಾರ್ಜಾರ (Kannada script)
ມາຣ຺ຊາຣ (Lao script)
മാര്ജാര (Malayalam script)
𑘦𑘰𑘨𑘿𑘕𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᢗᠷᠽᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᡯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
မာရ်္ဇာရ (Burmese script)
𑧆𑧑𑧈𑧠𑦵𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐵𑐬𑑂𑐖𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
ମାର୍ଜାର (Odia script)
ꢪꢵꢬ꣄ꢙꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆳𑆫𑇀𑆘𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖯𑖨𑖿𑖕𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
මාර්‍ජාර (Sinhalese script)
மார்ஜார (Tamil script)
మార్జార (Telugu script)
มารฺชาร (Thai script)
མཱ་རྫཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒰𑒩𑓂𑒖𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Unknown. Traditionally said to be from the root मृज् (mṛj, “to wipe”), but that is certainly a folk etymology.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /mɑːɾˈd͡ʑɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

मार्जार • (mārjāra) stem, m

cat
- c. 250 CE – 700 CE, Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa 2.60:
  मार्जाराखुभयं यत्र नैषामण्डजजन्मनाम् ।
  श्येनतो नकुलाद्वापि स्थाप्यन्तां तत्र पक्षिणः ॥
  mārjārākhubhayaṃ yatra naiṣāmaṇḍajajanmanām .
  śyenato nakulādvāpi sthāpyantāṃ tatra pakṣiṇaḥ .
  The birds should be kept where these egg-born ones have no fear of the cat and the rat, the hawk and the mongoose too.
wild cat
civet cat
Plumbago indica
Terminalia catappa
Sesbania grandiflora

Declension

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Synonyms

बिडाल (biḍāla)
आखुभुज (ākhubhuja)

Derived terms

मार्जारक (mārjāraka)
मार्जारकण्ठ (mārjārakaṇṭha)
मार्जारकरण (mārjārakaraṇa)
मार्जारकर्णिक (mārjārakarṇika)
मार्जारकर्णी (mārjārakarṇī)
मार्जारगन्धा (mārjāragandhā)
मार्जारगन्धिका (mārjāragandhikā)
मार्जारन्याय (mārjāranyāya)
मार्जारमूषक (mārjāramūṣaka)
मार्जारलिङ्गिन् (mārjāraliṅgin)
मार्जारिका (mārjārikā)
मार्जारी (mārjārī)
मार्जारीक्रमण (mārjārīkramaṇa)
मार्जारीय (mārjārīya)
मार्जार्यासन (mārjāryāsana)

Descendants

Pali: majjāra
- → Thai: มัชชาระ (mát-chaa-rá)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (maṃjāra)
- Konkani: माजर (māj̈ar), मादुर (mādur)
- Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘰𑘽𑘕𑘱𑘨 (māṃjira)
  - Marathi: मांजर (mānj̈ar)
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Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (majjāra)
- Gurjar Apabhramsa:
  - Old Gujarati:
    - Gujarati: મંજાર (mañjār)
  - Saurashtra: ꢪꢛ꣄ꢙꢶꢬꢶ (mañjiri)
- Hindi: मँजार (mañjār)
→ Bengali: মার্জার (marjar)
→ Assamese: মাৰ্জাৰ (marzar)

Further reading

“मार्जार” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 409, column 1.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “मार्जार”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 227
Monier Williams (1899), “Mārjāra”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 813/1.

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