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मार्जार

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मार्जार (mārjāra). Doublet of मांजर (mānj̈ar).

Noun

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मार्जार (mārjārm

  1. domestic cat

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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

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    Noun

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    मार्जार (mārjāra) stemm

    1. 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.
    2. wild cat
    3. civet cat
    4. Plumbago indica
    5. Terminalia catappa
    6. Sesbania grandiflora

    Declension

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    Masculine a-stem declension of मार्जार (mārjāra)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative मार्जारः
    mārjāraḥ
    मार्जारौ / मार्जारा¹
    mārjārau / mārjārā¹
    मार्जाराः / मार्जारासः¹
    mārjārāḥ / mārjārāsaḥ¹
    Vocative मार्जार
    mārjāra
    मार्जारौ / मार्जारा¹
    mārjārau / mārjārā¹
    मार्जाराः / मार्जारासः¹
    mārjārāḥ / mārjārāsaḥ¹
    Accusative मार्जारम्
    mārjāram
    मार्जारौ / मार्जारा¹
    mārjārau / mārjārā¹
    मार्जारान्
    mārjārān
    Instrumental मार्जारेण
    mārjāreṇa
    मार्जाराभ्याम्
    mārjārābhyām
    मार्जारैः / मार्जारेभिः¹
    mārjāraiḥ / mārjārebhiḥ¹
    Dative मार्जाराय
    mārjārāya
    मार्जाराभ्याम्
    mārjārābhyām
    मार्जारेभ्यः
    mārjārebhyaḥ
    Ablative मार्जारात्
    mārjārāt
    मार्जाराभ्याम्
    mārjārābhyām
    मार्जारेभ्यः
    mārjārebhyaḥ
    Genitive मार्जारस्य
    mārjārasya
    मार्जारयोः
    mārjārayoḥ
    मार्जाराणाम्
    mārjārāṇām
    Locative मार्जारे
    mārjāre
    मार्जारयोः
    mārjārayoḥ
    मार्जारेषु
    mārjāreṣu
    Notes
    • ¹Vedic

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