Маръта

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Old Novgorodian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Church Slavonic марта (marta), from Ancient Greek Μάρθᾱ (Márthā), from Aramaic מָרְתָא (mārtā). Doublet of Маръѳа (Marŭθa). Cognate with Russian Ма́рта (Márta).

Proper noun

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Маръта (Marŭtaf

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Martha

Further reading

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  • Zaliznyak, Andrey (2004) Древненовгородский диалект [Old Novgorod dialect]‎[1] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Moscow: Languages of Slavic Cultures, →ISBN, page 757