# मार्जार
## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मार्जार (mārjāra). Doublet of मांजर (mānj̈ar).

### Noun

मार्जार • (mārjār) m
* domestic cat

### References

* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मार्जार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* मार्जाल (mārjāla)

### Alternative scripts

* মাৰ্জাৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬵᬃᬚᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
* মার্জার (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰯𑰨𑰿𑰕𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* မာရ်္ဇာရ (Burmese script)
* માર્જાર (Gujarati script)
* ਮਾਰ੍ਜਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦴꦂꦗꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂰𑂩𑂹𑂔𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಮಾರ್ಜಾರ (Kannada script)
* មាជ៌ារ (Khmer script)
* ມາຣ຺ຊາຣ (Lao script)
* മാര്ജാര (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᡯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘰𑘨𑘿𑘕𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᢗᠷᠽᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧑𑧈𑧠𑦵𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐵𑐬𑑂𑐖𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
* ମାର୍ଜାର (Odia script)
* ꢪꢵꢬ꣄ꢙꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆳𑆫𑇀𑆘𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖯𑖨𑖿𑖕𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
* මාර්‍ජාර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩣𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚭𑚤𑚶𑚑𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
* மார்ஜார (Tamil script)
* మార్జార (Telugu script)
* มารฺชาร (Thai script)
* མཱ་རྫཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒰𑒩𑓂𑒖𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨥𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Unknown. Traditionally said to be from the root मृज् (mṛj, “to wipe”), but that is certainly a folk etymology.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /mɑːɾˈd͡ʑɑː.ɾɐ/

### Noun

मार्जार • (mārjāra) stem, m
* cat
** c. 250 CE – 700 CE, Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa 2.60:मार्जाराखुभयं यत्र नैषामण्डजजन्मनाम् । श्येनतो नकुलाद्वापि स्थाप्यन्तां तत्र पक्षिणः ॥mārjārākhubhayaṃ yatra naiṣāmaṇḍajajanmanām. śyenato nakulādvāpi sthāpyantāṃ tatra pakṣiṇaḥ.The birds should be kept where these egg-born ones have no fear of the cat and the rat, the hawk and the mongoose too.
* wild cat
* civet cat
* Plumbago indica
* Terminalia catappa
* Sesbania grandiflora

#### Synonyms

* बिडाल (biḍāla)
* आखुभुज (ākhubhuja)

#### Derived terms

* मार्जारक (mārjāraka)
* मार्जारकण्ठ (mārjārakaṇṭha)
* मार्जारकरण (mārjārakaraṇa)
* मार्जारकर्णिक (mārjārakarṇika)
* मार्जारकर्णी (mārjārakarṇī)
* मार्जारगन्धा (mārjāragandhā)
* मार्जारगन्धिका (mārjāragandhikā)
* मार्जारन्याय (mārjāranyāya)
* मार्जारमूषक (mārjāramūṣaka)
* मार्जारलिङ्गिन् (mārjāraliṅgin)
* मार्जारिका (mārjārikā)
* मार्जारी (mārjārī)
* मार्जारीक्रमण (mārjārīkramaṇa)
* मार्जारीय (mārjārīya)
* मार्जार्यासन (mārjāryāsana)

#### Descendants

* Pali: majjāra
** → Thai: มัชชาระ (mát-chaa-rá)
* Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (maṃjāra), 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀭 (maṃjara), 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (majjāra) — Ardhamāgadhī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī (see there for further descendants)

##### Borrowed terms

* → Marathi: मार्जार (mārjār)
* → Bengali: মার্জার (marjar)
* → Assamese: মাৰ্জাৰ (marzar)

### Further reading

* “मार्जार” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 409, column 1.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मार्जार”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 227
* Monier Williams (1899) “Mārjāra”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 813/1.