मर्मन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মৰ্মন্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬃᬫᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মর্মন্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰨𑰿𑰦𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀭𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မရ်္မန် (Burmese script)
• મર્મન્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਰ੍ਮਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦂꦩꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂩𑂹𑂧𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮರ್ಮೝ (Kannada script)
• មម៌ន៑ (Khmer script)
• ມຣ຺ມນ຺ (Lao script)
• മര്മന് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡵᠮᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘨𑘿𑘦𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠷᠮᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧈𑧠𑧆𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐬𑑂𑐩𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମର୍ମନ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢬ꣄ꢪꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆫𑇀𑆩𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖨𑖿𑖦𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මර්‍මන් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩼 𑪙𑩴𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚤𑚶𑚢𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
• மர்மந் (Tamil script)
• మర్మౝ (Telugu script)
• มรฺมนฺ (Thai script)
• མ་རྨ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒩𑓂𑒧𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨫𑩇𑨢𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mérmn̥, abstract noun derived from the root *mer- (“to die, decease”). Compare Old Armenian մարմին (marmin, “body”). By surface analysis, मृ (mṛ, “to die, decease”) +‎ -मन् (-man).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ́ɾ.mɐn/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐɾ.mɐn̪/

Noun

मर्मन् • (márman) stem, n

1. mortal spot, vulnerable point, any open or exposed or weak or sensitive part of the body
2. the joint of a limb, any joint or articulation
3. the core of anything, the quick
4. any vital member or organ
5. anything which requires to be kept concealed, secret quality, hidden meaning, any secret or mystery

Declension

Neuter an-stem declension of मर्मन्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मर्म (márma)	मर्मणी (mármaṇī)	मर्माणि (mármāṇi) मर्म¹ (márma¹) मर्मा¹ (mármā¹)
vocative	मर्मन् (márman) मर्म (márma)	मर्मणी (mármaṇī)	मर्माणि (mármāṇi) मर्म¹ (márma¹) मर्मा¹ (mármā¹)
accusative	मर्म (márma)	मर्मणी (mármaṇī)	मर्माणि (mármāṇi) मर्म¹ (márma¹) मर्मा¹ (mármā¹)
instrumental	मर्मणा (mármaṇā)	मर्मभ्याम् (mármabhyām)	मर्मभिः (mármabhiḥ)
dative	मर्मणे (mármaṇe)	मर्मभ्याम् (mármabhyām)	मर्मभ्यः (mármabhyaḥ)
ablative	मर्मणः (mármaṇaḥ)	मर्मभ्याम् (mármabhyām)	मर्मभ्यः (mármabhyaḥ)
genitive	मर्मणः (mármaṇaḥ)	मर्मणोः (mármaṇoḥ)	मर्मणाम् (mármaṇām)
locative	मर्मणि (mármaṇi) मर्मन्¹ (márman¹)	मर्मणोः (mármaṇoḥ)	मर्मसु (mármasu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मर्मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 791.