mārga

See also: marga, Marga, and márga

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], of uncertain origin.

• A proposed relation is Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape”). If correct, the semantic shift would be "shape" > "beautiful shape" > "lass".

Cognates include Latvian mērga, Lithuanian merga (whence mergina) and Old Prussian mergo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmàːrɡa]
• Hyphenation: mār‧ga

Noun

mārga f

1. bride
2. (dated) daughter
3. (dated) girl, lass

Declension

Declension of mārga (type 4 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	mārga	mārgys, mārgas1)
genitive	mārgys, mārgas1)	mārgu
dative	mārgai	mārgom
accusative	mārgu	mārgys, mārgas1)
instrumental	mārgu	mārgom
locative	mārgā	mārguos
vocative	mārga, mārg	mārgys, mārgas1)
1) dialectal

Synonyms

• (daughter): meita
• (girl, lass): meita

Coordinate terms

• (bride): jaunikis (“groom”)
• (daughter): dāls (“son”)

References

• A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 10
• Wojciech Smoczyński (2021) “mergà”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga, “way, road, route, path”).

Noun

mārga

1. track, road, way.

   Synonyms: dalan, hĕnū, ĕnu, hawan, patha

2. vehicle, mean.

   Synonyms: hawan, wāha, ratha, wāhana, wahat, yāna

3. manner, method, way of life.

Derived terms

• amarga
• kamārga
• kamārgan
• makamārga
• sakamārga
• samārganya

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦩꦂꦒꦶ (margi), ꦩꦼꦂꦒ (merga), ꦩꦼꦂꦒꦶ (mergi), ꦩꦂꦒ (marga)
  • → Indonesian: marga (semantic loan)
• → Balinese: ᬫᬵᬃᬕ (marga)