Mari

Meanings

Proper Noun

• An ancient Sumerian and Amorite city, the modern-day Tell Hariri in Syria.
• A Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Mari people.
• Meadow Mari; Eastern Mari.

Noun

• A Volga-Finnic people in the Volga region.

Related

Similar words

• Cheremis, Cheremiss
• Cheremis

Origin

• From Akkadian 𒈠𒌷𒆠, from Mer, an ancient storm/patron deity of Mesopotamia and Syria. Also see Nûr-Mêr.
• Borrowed from Eastern Mari мари ("Mari language term for the Mari").