मरजीवा marjīvā

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cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

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  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · adj.

Earlier definition

Definition

Dead and alive.
Dead, unattached to the outside world, and alive in relationship with God.

Usual translation

  1. dying alive
  2. having died alive

Origin of the definition

जीना jīnā (hindi)

To live, to be alive.

मरजीवा. Dying from the external world and taking birth in Godly family.

मरना maranā marnā: (v) to die, to pass away; to wither away; to become ineffective; to vanish, to disappear; to discontinue; to be absorbed (as पानी-); to be out (as in a game); to fall for (somebody); (nm) death; post-death rites; मरकर जीना to have a lease of life; मर-खप कर somehow, after going through lots of ordeals, with great difficulty; मर-खप जाना to be dead and gone: -जीना life and death; the wheel of birth and death; festive and tragic occasions; मरने तक की फ़ुर्सत न होना to be terribly rushed, not to have a moment's respite; -पचना to work very assiduously. to pass through terrible ordeals; मर-मर कर by tremendous toil; मर-मिटकर with immense difficulty; मर मिटना to be ruined, to be under a spell of disaster; to be infatuated; मरे को मारना to hit a man when he is down; मरे शेर से जीती बिल्ली भली a living dog is better than a dead lion.

H مرنا मरना marnā [mar˚ = Prk. मर(इ) = S. म्रिय(ते), but Vedic also मर(ति), rt. मृ], v.n. To die, expire; to cease; to be dead (as in a game); to fade, wither; to be lost (as a stake, or a bad debt); to become bankrupt or insolvent (in these senses mar-jānā is the more com. form); — to die or be dying (for, -par), to set the heart (upon), to be desperately enamoured (of), or in love (with), to desire vehemently; — to labour or toil hard (for, -ko), to sweat and groan, to suffer hardship; — (as a gerund) s.m. Dying, death. mar-jānā, v.n. To die; to fade, &c. (see marnā); to die away, die off; to be as though dead; to swoon. mar-jīwnā, v.n. To recover from death; — s.m. Escape from the jaws of death

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Mamma

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Tuesday 5 January 2021
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