# mari
## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* mare

### Etymology

Probably from an irregular shortened form of maior, maiōrem (“bigger”); alternatively from Latin mās, marem (“male”), with a shift in meaning. Compare Megleno-Romanian mari and Romanian mare, and see there for a more detailed etymology.

### Adjective

mari (plural mãri or mar)
* big, large, great

#### Antonyms

* njic

#### Derived terms

* mãrescu

## Bikol Central
### Alternative forms

* mare

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *um-ari.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaɾi/ [ˈma.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: ma‧ri

### Verb

mári (plural marari, Basahan spelling ᜋᜍᜒ)
* (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) to come
    Synonym: madya
    Mari! (Mari digdi!)Come here!

#### Related terms

* mari na

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *marja.

### Noun

mari (genitive marja, partitive marja)
* berry
* (uncountable) roe (eggs of fish)

#### Derived terms

* kalamari

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑri/, [ˈmɑ̝ri]
* Rhymes: -ɑri
* Hyphenation: ma‧ri

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Eastern Mari мари (mari, “Mari person”).

#### Noun

mari
* Mari (person)
    Synonyms: marilainen, (obsolete) tšermissi
* Mari (language)
    Synonym: marin kieli

##### Declension

Possessive forms of mari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
marini
marini
accusative
nom.
marini
marini
gen.
marini
genitive
marini
marieni
partitive
mariani
marejani
inessive
marissani
mareissani
elative
maristani
mareistani
illative
mariini
mareihini
adessive
marillani
mareillani
ablative
mariltani
mareiltani
allative
marilleni
mareilleni
essive
marinani
mareinani
translative
marikseni
mareikseni
abessive
marittani
mareittani
instructive
comitative
—mareineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
marisi
marisi
accusative
nom.
marisi
marisi
gen.
marisi
genitive
marisi
mariesi
partitive
mariasi
marejasi
inessive
marissasi
mareissasi
elative
maristasi
mareistasi
illative
mariisi
mareihisi
adessive
marillasi
mareillasi
ablative
mariltasi
mareiltasi
allative
marillesi
mareillesi
essive
marinasi
mareinasi
translative
mariksesi
mareiksesi
abessive
marittasi
mareittasi
instructive
comitative
—mareinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
marimme
marimme
accusative
nom.
marimme
marimme
gen.
marimme
genitive
marimme
mariemme
partitive
mariamme
marejamme
inessive
marissamme
mareissamme
elative
maristamme
mareistamme
illative
mariimme
mareihimme
adessive
marillamme
mareillamme
ablative
mariltamme
mareiltamme
allative
marillemme
mareillemme
essive
marinamme
mareinamme
translative
mariksemme
mareiksemme
abessive
marittamme
mareittamme
instructive
comitative
—mareinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
marinne
marinne
accusative
nom.
marinne
marinne
gen.
marinne
genitive
marinne
marienne
partitive
marianne
marejanne
inessive
marissanne
mareissanne
elative
maristanne
mareistanne
illative
mariinne
mareihinne
adessive
marillanne
mareillanne
ablative
mariltanne
mareiltanne
allative
marillenne
mareillenne
essive
marinanne
mareinanne
translative
mariksenne
mareiksenne
abessive
marittanne
mareittanne
instructive
comitative
—mareinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
marinsa
marinsa
accusative
nom.
marinsa
marinsa
gen.
marinsa
genitive
marinsa
mariensa
partitive
mariaan mariansa
marejaan marejansa
inessive
marissaan marissansa
mareissaan mareissansa
elative
maristaan maristansa
mareistaan mareistansa
illative
mariinsa
mareihinsa
adessive
marillaan marillansa
mareillaan mareillansa
ablative
mariltaan mariltansa
mareiltaan mareiltansa
allative
marilleen marillensa
mareilleen mareillensa
essive
marinaan marinansa
mareinaan mareinansa
translative
marikseen mariksensa
mareikseen mareiksensa
abessive
marittaan marittansa
mareittaan mareittansa
instructive
comitative
—mareineen mareinensa :

##### Hyponyms

* niittymari
* vuorimari

##### Derived terms

* marilainen
* marintaa
* itämari
* niittymari
* vuorimari

#### Further reading

* “mari”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2

Clipping of marihuana.

#### Noun

mari (informal)
* marijuana

##### Declension

Possessive forms of mari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
marini
marini
accusative
nom.
marini
marini
gen.
marini
genitive
marini
marieni
partitive
mariani
marejani
inessive
marissani
mareissani
elative
maristani
mareistani
illative
mariini
mareihini
adessive
marillani
mareillani
ablative
mariltani
mareiltani
allative
marilleni
mareilleni
essive
marinani
mareinani
translative
marikseni
mareikseni
abessive
marittani
mareittani
instructive
comitative
—mareineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
marisi
marisi
accusative
nom.
marisi
marisi
gen.
marisi
genitive
marisi
mariesi
partitive
mariasi
marejasi
inessive
marissasi
mareissasi
elative
maristasi
mareistasi
illative
mariisi
mareihisi
adessive
marillasi
mareillasi
ablative
mariltasi
mareiltasi
allative
marillesi
mareillesi
essive
marinasi
mareinasi
translative
mariksesi
mareiksesi
abessive
marittasi
mareittasi
instructive
comitative
—mareinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
marimme
marimme
accusative
nom.
marimme
marimme
gen.
marimme
genitive
marimme
mariemme
partitive
mariamme
marejamme
inessive
marissamme
mareissamme
elative
maristamme
mareistamme
illative
mariimme
mareihimme
adessive
marillamme
mareillamme
ablative
mariltamme
mareiltamme
allative
marillemme
mareillemme
essive
marinamme
mareinamme
translative
mariksemme
mareiksemme
abessive
marittamme
mareittamme
instructive
comitative
—mareinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
marinne
marinne
accusative
nom.
marinne
marinne
gen.
marinne
genitive
marinne
marienne
partitive
marianne
marejanne
inessive
marissanne
mareissanne
elative
maristanne
mareistanne
illative
mariinne
mareihinne
adessive
marillanne
mareillanne
ablative
mariltanne
mareiltanne
allative
marillenne
mareillenne
essive
marinanne
mareinanne
translative
mariksenne
mareiksenne
abessive
marittanne
mareittanne
instructive
comitative
—mareinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
marinsa
marinsa
accusative
nom.
marinsa
marinsa
gen.
marinsa
genitive
marinsa
mariensa
partitive
mariaan mariansa
marejaan marejansa
inessive
marissaan marissansa
mareissaan mareissansa
elative
maristaan maristansa
mareistaan mareistansa
illative
mariinsa
mareihinsa
adessive
marillaan marillansa
mareillaan mareillansa
ablative
mariltaan mariltansa
mareiltaan mareiltansa
allative
marilleen marillensa
mareilleen mareillensa
essive
marinaan marinansa
mareinaan mareinansa
translative
marikseen mariksensa
mareikseen mareiksensa
abessive
marittaan marittansa
mareittaan mareittansa
instructive
comitative
—mareineen mareinensa :

##### Derived terms

* marisätkä

### Anagrams

* Armi, Irma, Mira, Rami, armi, rami, rima

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.ʁi/
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### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French mari, from Latin marītus.

#### Noun

mari m (plural maris)
* husband

##### Derived terms

* mari complaisant

##### Related terms

* marier
* marié

##### Descendants

* Louisiana Creole: mari

##### See also

* époux
* femme
* épouse

### Etymology 2

Clipping of marijuana.

#### Noun

mari f (plural maris)
* cannabis, marijuana

### Further reading

* “mari”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* mira
* rami
* rima

## Friulian
### Etymology

From Latin māter, mātrem.

### Noun

mari f (plural maris)
* mother

#### See also

* pari

## Gamilaraay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maɻi/

### Noun

mari
* aboriginal person
    Burrula nhama mari.There are many people.

### References

* (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

## Garifuna
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmari/

### Noun

mari (plural marinu)
* spouse (husband or wife)

#### Inflection
## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɒri]
* Hyphenation: ma‧ri
* Rhymes: -ri

### Adjective

mari (not comparable)
* Mari (of or relating to Mari El, its people or language)
    Synonym: (dated) cseremisz

#### Usage notes

Some Uralic languages have two names, an exonym (external name, mostly of Russian origin) and an endonym (internal name, a self-denomination). These days normally the endonyms are preferred (similarly to Eskimo superseded by Inuit). In Hungarian, the terms are vogul superseded by manysi (“Mansi”), osztják, by hanti (“Khanty”), cseremisz, by mari (“Mari”), votják, by udmurt (“Udmurt”), zürjén, by komi (“Komi”), jurák, by nyenyec (“Nenets”), and lapp, by számi (“Sami”).

#### Declension
### Noun

mari (countable and uncountable, plural marik)
* Mari (person)
* Mari (language)
    Synonym: (dated) cseremisz

#### Derived terms

* Mariföld (Mari El)
* Mari Köztársaság

### Further reading

* mari in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay mari, from Proto-Malayic *mari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.ri/
* Hyphenation: ma‧ri

### Verb

mari
* to come here
* let; let's
    Mari kita coba.Let's have a try.

### Interjection

mari
* come on!
    Synonym: (informal) ayo

### Further reading

* “mari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.ri/
* Rhymes: -ari
* Hyphenation: mà‧ri

### Noun

mari m
* plural of mare
* plural of maro

### Anagrams

* Mira, armi, mira, rami, rima

## Japanese
### Romanization

mari
* Rōmaji transcription of まり

## Javanese
### Romanization

mari
* Romanization of ꦩꦫꦶ

## Latin
### Etymology 1

Inflected form of the noun mare (“sea”).

#### Noun

marī n
* dative/ablative singular of mare

### Etymology 2

Inflected form of the noun mās (“man”).

#### Noun

marī m
* dative singular of mās

### Etymology 3

Inflected form of the adjective mās (“manly, masculine”).

#### Adjective

marī
* dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of mās

## Lindu
### Noun

mari
* place for unhusked paddy
* (anatomy) spleen

## Louisiana Creole
### Etymology

From French mari (“husband”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maˈɾi/

### Noun

mari
* husband.

#### See also

* fenm
* épouz

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* ماري

### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *mari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *maʀi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mari/
* Rhymes: -ari, -ri, -i

### Verb

mari
* (intransitive) to come (to move from further away to nearer to)

#### Synonyms

* datang / داتڠ

### Interjection

mari
* come on

#### See also

* ayuh

### Descendants

* → Negeri Sembilan Malay: maghih

## Mapudungun
### Numeral

mari (Raguileo spelling)
* ten

### References

* Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

## Martuthunira
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maɻi/

### Noun

mari
* younger sister

#### Synonyms

* karturra (avoidance speech)

### See also

* thurtu

### References

* Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

## Megleno-Romanian
### Etymology 1

Probably from an irregular shortened form of maior, maiōrem (“bigger”); alternatively from Latin mās, marem (“male”), with a shift in meaning. Compare Istro-Romanian mari, and Romanian mare, and see there for a more detailed etymology.

#### Adjective

mari
* big, large

##### Antonyms

* mic

### Etymology 2

From Latin mare. Compare Romanian mare, Megleno-Romanian amari.

#### Noun

mari f
* sea

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *mārī.

### Adjective

māri
* famous

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: mâre

#### Further reading

* “māri (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old French
### Etymology 1

From Latin marītus.

#### Noun

mari oblique singular, m (oblique plural maris, nominative singular maris, nominative plural mari)
* husband
** c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:Sachiez, ce mes oncles m'esforce Que je preigne mari a force, Je m'enfuirai en aucun leuKnow that if my uncle forces me To take a husband against my will I will flee to any place [but here]

##### Descendants

* French: mari

### Etymology 2

see marrir

#### Verb

mari m
* past participle of marir

#### Adjective

mari m (oblique and nominative feminine singular marie)
* Alternative form of marri
** late 12th century, anonymous author, “La Folie de Tristan d'Oxford”, in Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 386, line 552:Mult ai le quer gref e marri.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Old Norse
### Noun

mari
* inflection of marr:
** dative singular
** accusative plural

## Old Tupi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [maˈɾi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Hyphenation: ma‧ri

### Adjective

mari (noun form mari)
* angry

#### Declension
### References

* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mari”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 265, column 1

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [marʲ]

### Adjective

mari
* nominative/accusative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of mare

## Sardinian
### Alternative forms

* mare

### Etymology

From Latin mare. Compare Italian mare.

### Noun

mari
* (Campidanese) sea

## Shona
### Etymology

From Swahili mali, from Arabic مَال (māl).

### Noun

marí class 9 (plural marí class 10)
* money

### References

* ↑ Baldi, Sergio (2011) “Swahili: A Donor Language”, in Lingua Posnaniensis‎, volume 53, number 1, →DOI, page 15 of 7-24

## Sicilian
### Etymology

From Latin mare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: mà‧ri

### Noun

mari m (plural mari)
* sea

## Somali
### Verb

mari
* to apply
    rooti-ga wax mari. - Apply something on the bread

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Eastern Mari мари (mari).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaɾi/ [ˈma.ɾi]
* Rhymes: -aɾi
* Syllabification: ma‧ri

### Adjective

mari m or f (masculine and feminine plural maris)
* Mari

### Noun

mari m or f by sense (plural maris)
* Mari

### Further reading

* “mari”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Ternate
### Etymology

Cognate with Sahu maḏi (“stone”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.ɾi/

### Noun

mari
* stone, rock

#### Alternative forms

* mare

### References

* Rusli Andi Atjo (2009) Kamus-Ternate Indonesia, 5 edition, Cikoro Trirasuandar
* Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Venetan
### Noun

mari
* plural of mar

## Zazaki
### Etymology

From Armenian մարի (mari).

### Noun

mari f
* female partridge

### Further reading

* Kocadag, Çeko (2010) “marî”, in Ferheng, Kirmanckî (Zazakî) - Kurmancî, Kurmancî - Kirmanckî (Zazakî), Berlin: Weşanên Komkar, →ISBN, page 814a
* Todd, Terry Lynn (2008) Brigitte Werner, editor, A Grammar of Dimili (also Known as Zaza)‎, an electronic version of printed second edition (2002), Giessen: Forum Linguistik in Eurasien e.V., page 146a