# мера
## Bulgarian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra, a doublet of мя́ра (mjára) with western pronunciation.

#### Noun

ме́ра • (méra) f
* (dialectal) Alternative form of мя́ра (mjára)
* (poetic) fate, lot, destiny
    мера според мера ― mera spored mera ― whatever Fate has to bring

##### Declension
#### References

* “мера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “ме́ра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 740

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مرعی / مرعا (merʼa) (whence Turkish mera (“grassland”)), from Arabic مَرْعًى (marʕan).

#### Noun

мера́ • (merá) f
* (historical, dialectal) field that is free to be used for pasture
    Synonyms: землище (zemlište), пасище (pasište)

##### Alternative forms

* меря́ (merjá), мери́е (meríe)

##### Derived terms

* ме́рище (mérište) (augmentative)
* мераджи́я (meradžíja, “field guard”) (historical)

#### References

* “мера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “мера”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мера́²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 741

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɛɾa]
* Rhymes: -ɛɾa

### Noun

мера • (mera) f (relational adjective мерен)
* degree, extent
* moderation

#### Declension
## Mariupol Greek

Times of day :
| Previous: | пирно́с (pirnós) |
| Next: | спе́ра (spjéra) |

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra). Cognates include Greek ημέρα (iméra), μέρα (méra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmʲɛrɐ]
* Hyphenation: ме‧ра

### Noun

ме́ра • (mjéra) f
* day
* afternoon

#### Declension
### References

* A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis with D. L. Demerdzhi, A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo, A. A. Shapurma, R. S. Kharabadot, and D. K. Patricha (2006) Румейско-русский и русско-румейский словарь пяти диалектов греков Приазовья, Mariupol, →ISBN, page 130
* G. A. Animica, M. P. Galikbarova (2013) Румеку глоса‎, Donetsk, page 83

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* мѣ́ра (mě́ra) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmʲerə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ме́ра • (méra) f inan (genitive ме́ры, nominative plural ме́ры, genitive plural мер, diminutive ме́рка)
* (dated) a dry measure approximately equal to one pood of seeds, usually equated with the chetverik, standardized in 1902 as 26.239 liters
* measure
* degree, extent, limit
    знать ме́ру ― znatʹ méru ― to know when to stop
* measure, step, action
* way

#### Derived terms

* безме́рный (bezmérnyj)
* ме́рить (méritʹ)
* ме́рка (mérka)
* ме́рный (mérnyj), ме́рно (mérno)
* мери́ло (merílo)
* по ме́ньшей ме́ре (po ménʹšej mére), по кра́йней ме́ре (po krájnej mére)
* по ме́ре того́ как (po mére tovó kak)
* мероприя́тие (meroprijátije)
* многоме́рный (mnogomérnyj)

#### Related terms

* разме́р (razmér)
* соизмери́мый (soizmerímyj)

#### See also

* бала́нс (baláns)
* едини́ца (jediníca), этало́н (etalón)
* сре́дство (srédstvo)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* мје̏ра (Ijekavian)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mě̀ra.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mêra/
* Hyphenation: ме‧ра

### Noun

ме̏ра f (Latin spelling mȅra)
* measure
* dimension, size
* rate
* degree
* extent
* unit