# मार्ग
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga). Doublet of माँग (māṅg).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /mɑːɾɡ/, [mäːɾɡ]

### Noun

मार्ग • (mārg) m (Urdu spelling مارگ)
* path, road, route
    यह मार्ग नदी तक जाता है।yah mārg nadī tak jātā hai.This path leads to the river.
* way
    गाँव के मार्ग पर, कुछ फल ख़रीदो।gā̃v ke mārg par, kuch phal xarīdo.On the way to the village, buy some fruit.

#### Synonyms

* डगर (ḍagar)
* रास्ता (rāstā)

#### Descendants

* → English: marg

### Further reading

* Platts, John T. (1884) “मार्ग”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga). Doublet of माग (māg).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maɾ.ɡə/
* Hyphenation: मार्‧ग, मार्ग
* Rhymes: -ə

### Noun

मार्ग • (mārga) m
* path, road, route
* way (in street names)

#### Synonyms

* पथ (path)
* रस्ता (rastā)
* वाट (vāṭ)

### Further reading

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मार्ग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मार्ग”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Nepali
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [märɡʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: मार्ग

### Noun

मार्ग • (mārga)
* street, road (in street names)
* path, way

### Proper noun

मार्ग • (mārga)
* Margashirsha
** the eighth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
** the ninth month in the lunar Hindu calendar
    Synonym: मङ्सिर (maṅsira)

#### Related terms

* (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra)

### Further reading

* “मार्ग”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মাৰ্গ (Assamese script)
* ᬫᬵᬃᬕ (Balinese script)
* মার্গ (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰯𑰨𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
* မာရ်္ဂ (Burmese script)
* માર્ગ (Gujarati script)
* ਮਾਰ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦴꦂꦒ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂰𑂩𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
* ಮಾರ್ಗ (Kannada script)
* មាគ៌ (Khmer script)
* ມາຣ຺ຄ (Lao script)
* മാര്ഗ (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘰𑘨𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠠᢗᠷᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧑𑧈𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑐵𑐬𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
* ମାର୍ଗ (Odia script)
* ꢪꢵꢬ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆳𑆫𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖯𑖨𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
* මාර්‍ග (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚭𑚤𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
* மார்க³ (Tamil script)
* మార్గ (Telugu script)
* มารฺค (Thai script)
* མཱ་རྒ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒰𑒩𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of मृग (mṛgá, “game animal; deer”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɑːɾ.ɡɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmɑːɾ.ɡɐ/

### Adjective

मार्ग • (mārgá) stem
* belonging to, or coming from, wild game (such as deer)

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

### Noun

मार्ग • (mārga) stem, m
* way, road, route, path
* track of a wild animal
* reach, range
* way, manner, method, custom, usage
* mark, scar
* ground for litigation

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Dhivehi: މަގު (magu)
* → Kannada: ಮಾರ್ಗ (mārga)
* → Marathi: मार्ग (mārga)
* → Malay: marga
** Indonesian: marga
* → Old Javanese: mārga
** Javanese: ꦩꦂꦒꦶ (margi), ꦩꦼꦂꦒ (merga), ꦩꦼꦂꦒꦶ (mergi), ꦩꦂꦒ (marga)
*** → Indonesian: marga (semantic loan)
** → Balinese: ᬫᬵᬃᬕ (marga)
* Odia: ମାର୍ଗୋଲି (mārgoli)
* Paisaci Prakrit:
** Punjabi: ਮਗ (maga)
* Pali: magga
* → Punjabi: ਮਾਰਗ (mārag)
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕 (magga)
** Hindi: मांग (māṅg)
* → Tamil: மார்க்கம் (mārkkam)
* → Telugu: మార్గము (mārgamu)
* → Urdu: مارگ
* → English: marga
* → Hindi: मार्ग (mārg)
** → English: marg

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मार्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 812/2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 350-1