maranatha

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαράνα θά (marána thá) or μαράν αθά (marán athá), from Aramaic מרנא תא (“Lord, come!”) or מרן אתא (“our lord has come”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈra.na.tʰa/, [mäˈränät̪ʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈra.na.ta/, [mäˈräːnät̪ä]

Interjection

maranatha

1. our Lord comes

References

• "maranatha", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)