مرا

Persian

Alternative forms

• منو (mano) (colloquial, Iran), مره (mara) (colloquial, Afghanistan)

Etymology

Contraction of first person singular pronoun من (man) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máyaH, Itself from Proto-Indo-European *éǵH-om; and the direct-object particle را (râ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈma.ɾɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mǽ.ɾɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mǽ.ɾɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mǽ.ɾä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mǽ.ɾɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mǽ.ɹɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mǽ.ɾɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	marā
Dari reading?	marā
Iranian reading?	marâ
Tajik reading?	maro

Pronoun

Dari	مرا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маро

مرا • (marâ)

1. form of من (man) with the oblique particle را (râ), used to generate dative, genitive, and accusative forms for the first person singular pronoun.

   مرا دیدی؟

   marâ dīdī?

   Did you see me?

   (accusative)

   مرا گویی که رایی؟

   marâ gōyī kirâ-yī?

   You ask me "who are you?"

   (dative)

   مرا عهدیست با جانان

   marâ a'hdêst bâ jânân

   I have a covenant with the Beloved.

   (genitive)

2. a second-person pronoun; تو (to, “you”) as a grammatical object, "me".

See also

• ترا (torâ, torâ)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَرْأَة (marʔa, “woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ra/, [ˈmɑ.rˤɑ]

• Audio (Jerusalem):

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Noun

مرا • (mara) f (plural نسوان (niswān))

1. woman

   Synonym: ست (sitt)

2. wife

   Synonym: زوجة (zawje)

See also

• جوز (jōz, “husband”)

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mɪ.ɾɑː/, [me.ɾɑː]

Pronoun

مِرا • (mirā) (Hindi spelling मिरा) (poetic)

1. Alternative form of میرا (merā)