different between marga vs marma

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ????? (m?rga). Doublet of marg.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m????/

Noun

marga (plural margas)

1. (South Asia) The canon of established forms of classical music, dance etc., as opposed to modern or regional developments. [from 19th c.]
2. (Hinduism, yoga) Any of various paths or courses seen as leading to enlightenment. [from 20th c.]
3. (Buddhism) The noble eightfold path. [from 20th c.]

Anagrams

• Magar, grama, ragam, r?gam

Estonian

Noun

marga

1. genitive singular of mark

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.?a/
• Hyphenation: mar?ga

Etymology 1

From Batak, from Sanskrit ????? (m?rga, “range, mark”). The sense “genus” is a semantic loan from English genus.

Noun

marga (first-person possessive margaku, second-person possessive margamu, third-person possessive marganya)

1. (anthropology) clan,
   1. a group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.

      Synonym: klan

   2. specifically, the marga, Batak clan.
2. (biology, taxonomy) genus, a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank.

   Synonym: genus

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Javanese marga (“road, path”), from Sanskrit ????? (m?rga, “way, road, route, path”). Cognate of Balinese ??? (marga, “road”)

Noun

marga

1. (only in compound) way, road, route, path

   Synonym: jalan

Derived terms

• adimarga

Etymology 3

From Musi marga, from Sanskrit ????? (m?rga, “range, mark”).

Noun

marga (first-person possessive margaku, second-person possessive margamu, third-person possessive marganya)

1. (historical) hamlet, a small village or a group of houses, in South Sumatra.

Etymology 4

From Malay marga, from Classical Malay marga, from Sanskrit ????? (m?rga, “track of a wild animal”).

Noun

marga (first-person possessive margaku, second-person possessive margamu, third-person possessive marganya)

1. (obsolete) wild animal

Derived terms

• margasatwa

Further reading

• “marga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From Celtic, probably Gaulish (Pliny). The word has been compared to Irish marla (“clay”), Breton marg, as well as the placename Margidinum; compare Welsh marian (“rocks, pebbles, grit”) << Brythonic *marg-, but probably ultimately of Pre-Celtic substrate origin.

Noun

marga f (genitive margae); first declension

1. (geology) marl

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• marga in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• marga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, Volumes 109-110, p. 46
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “marian”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
• An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Mergel

Oromo

Noun

marga

1. grass

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mar.?a/

Verb

marga

1. third-person singular present indicative of marga?

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin marga, from Celtic/Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?ma?.??/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?ma?.??/
• Hyphenation: mar?ga

Noun

marga f (plural margas)

1. (geology) marl (lime-rich mud)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin marga, from Celtic/Gaulish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma??a/, [?ma?.??a]
• Hyphenation: mar?ga

Noun

marga f (plural margas)

1. (geology) marl

Derived terms

English

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (marm, “heart”), from Sanskrit ?????? (marman).

Noun

marma (plural marmas)

1. (Ayurveda) A special, sensitive point on the body.

Translations

See also

• meridian

Anagrams

• Ammar, Amram, MRAAM

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

marma m (plural marmas)

1. (Ayurveda) marma (a special, sensitive point on the body)