मारना mārnā

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • 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 · v.

Earlier definition

Definition

To kill.
To beat, to belabour, to hit, to strike, to punish, to subdue.
To misappropriate, not to repay.
To chop off.
To win.
To turn ineffective.
To reduce to ashes.

Usual translation

  1. beat

Origin of the definition

मारना māranā ma:rnā: (v) to kill; to beat, to belabour; to hit, to strike; to punish; to subdue (as ग़ुस्सा-); to misappropriate, not to repay (as पैसा-); to chop off (as गर्दन-); to win (as मैदान-); to turn ineffective (as ज़हर-); to reduce to ashes (as धातु-).

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

1442 occurrences

In 783 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

93 occurrences

In 55 on 1112 murlis

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Mamma

72 occurrences

In 23 on 122 murlis

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Created
Saturday 16 January 2021
Updated
Thursday 2 May 2024