Mari

See also: mari, marí, Mári, marì, mări, märi, m'ari, and -mari

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Mari

  1. An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, modern-day Tell Hariri, Syria.
Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Eastern Mari мари (mari, Mari language term for the Mari).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑːri

Proper noun

Mari

  1. A Volga-Finnic people in the Volga region.
  2. A Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Mari people.
  3. Meadow Mari, Eastern Mari
Usage notes

There are two written varieties of Mari, one called Meadow Mari or Eastern Mari, and the other Hill Mari or Western Mari. The speakers of the former outnumber those of the latter by 10 to 1 or more, depending on which source one believes. The English Wiktionary uses the code chm (which ISO 639-3 assigned to the Mari macrolanguage) for Eastern Mari and the code mrj for Western Mari.

Synonyms
  • (language): Cheremis (dated)
  • (people): Cheremis (dated)
Meronyms
Translations
Further reading

Anagrams


Breton

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Mari

  1. (biblical) Mary
  2. A female given name, equivalent to English Mary

Catalan

Proper noun

Mari m

  1. Marius

Estonian

Etymology

Short for Maria; also identical with Estonian mari (berry).

Proper noun

Mari

  1. A female given name.

Finnish

Etymology

Traditional short form of Maria.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ri
  • Rhymes: -ɑri
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɑri]

Proper noun

Mari

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Mary.
    • 1986, Aune Torkell, Kaukana toisiamme lähellä, SLEY-kirjat, →ISBN, page 118:
      ―Vai Mari siusta tuli, isomummon kaima. Suokoo Jumala et siun elämä ois onnellisempaa ko miun äetrukan, mummi sanoi vauvalle ja kuiskasi sitten niin kuin silloin, kun ensimmäisen kerran hänet näki ja risti sormellaan hänen otsansa:
      ―Jeesus lasta siunakkoo!
      ―Myöskin Akun äidin nimi oli Mari, äiti sanoi.
      Mummin iloinen ilme muuttui no johan mie aattelin -ilmeeksi. [ - - - ] Samalla hän rupatteli:
      ―Taisin ihan punaseks lehahtaa ko pappi sano lapse nimen. Luulin et Marja tai Maija, ko Maikiks toisinaa sanoitte.
      ―So you were named Mari, the same as your grandmother. God grant you your life to be happier than for poor mother me, the grandmother said to the baby and then whispered like when she saw her for the first time and made a cross with her fingers over her forehead:
      ―Jesus bless this child!
      ―Aku's mother too was called Mari, the mother said.
      Grandmother's happy expression turned into a 'I was thinking about it' one. [ - - - ] At the same time, she chatted:
      ―I think I turned all red when the priest said her name. I thought Marja or Maija, when you call her Maikki after all.
    • 1997, Jorma Palo, Uitettu rotta, WSOY, →ISBN, page 36:
      Nyt Mari makasi olohuoneen sohvalla ja katseli televisiota. Hänen oikea nimensä oli Sari, mutta hän oli niin Marilyn Monroen näköinen, että hänen luontevin nimensä oli Mari.
      Now Mari was lying on the living room couch watching television. Her real name was Sari, but she looked so much like Marilyn Monroe that her most natural name was Mari.
    • 2007, Riikka Pulkkinen, Raja, Gummerus, →ISBN, page 29:
      Ikää on kuusitoista vuotta. Nimi on arkinen Mari, kaksitavuinen tynkeä Mari. Mari on kiltin tytön nimi.
      Sixteen years of age. Name such a plain one as Mari, a disyllabic, stubby Mari. Mari is a name a nice girl would have.

Declension

Inflection of Mari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Mari Marit
genitive Marin Marien
partitive Maria Mareja
illative Mariin Mareihin
singular plural
nominative Mari Marit
accusative nom. Mari Marit
gen. Marin
genitive Marin Marien
partitive Maria Mareja
inessive Marissa Mareissa
elative Marista Mareista
illative Mariin Mareihin
adessive Marilla Mareilla
ablative Marilta Mareilta
allative Marille Mareille
essive Marina Mareina
translative Mariksi Mareiksi
instructive Marein
abessive Maritta Mareitta
comitative Mareineen

Compounds

Anagrams


Greenlandic

Alternative forms

  • (old orthography) Mare

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish Marie.

Proper noun

Mari

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Mary.

References

  • Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, →ISBN
  • Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒri]
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ri

Proper noun

Mari

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Mária, equivalent to English Mary

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Mari Marik
accusative Marit Marikat
dative Marinak Mariknak
instrumental Marival Marikkal
causal-final Mariért Marikért
translative Marivá Marikká
terminative Mariig Marikig
essive-formal Mariként Marikként
essive-modal
inessive Mariban Marikban
superessive Marin Marikon
adessive Marinál Mariknál
illative Mariba Marikba
sublative Marira Marikra
allative Marihoz Marikhoz
elative Mariból Marikból
delative Mariról Marikról
ablative Maritól Mariktól
Possessive forms of Mari
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Marim Marijaim
2nd person sing. Marid Marijaid
3rd person sing. Marija Marijai
1st person plural Marink Marijaink
2nd person plural Maritok Marijaitok
3rd person plural Marijuk Marijaik

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːrɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aːrɪ
  • Homophone: mari

Proper noun

Mari m

  1. A male given name

Declension


Norwegian

Etymology

A traditional vernacular form of Maria.

Proper noun

Mari

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Mary.

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9987 females with the given name Mari living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

Spanish

Proper noun

Mari f

  1. (colloquial) Apocopic form of María

Swedish

Proper noun

Mari c (genitive Maris)

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Mary, a less common spelling of Marie.
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