Mary
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Mary¹
- /ˈmɛə.ɹi/ UK
- /ˈmɛːɹɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈmɜːɹɪ/
- /ˈmeɾe/ Scotland
- [ˈmeːɾe] Scotland
- /-ɾɪ/ Scotland
- /-ɾi/ Scotland
- /ˈmɛːɾi/ Wales
- /ˈmɛɚi/
- /ˈmɛɹi/ also
- /ˈmɛɹi/
- /ˈmeːɹi/ Australia
- /ˈmeəɹi/
- /ˈmiəɹi/
Sounds like marry, Merry, merry (only in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger) · Rhymes with -ɛəɹi
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryɔm)bor.
Aramaic מריםbor.
Koine Greek Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ (Mărĭ́ā)bor.
Latin Marīa
Old French Mariebor.
Middle English Marie
English Mary
From Middle English Marie, from Old French Marie, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from post-Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic מַרְיָם (Maryām), from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (Miryām), of uncertain meaning. (See the Hebrew entry for more.) Doublet of Miriam, Marie, Maria, and Mariah.
proper noun Marys · Maries · Marie
- A female given name from Aramaic or Hebrew. I have a passion for the name of Mary, For once it was a magic sound to me: And still it half calls up the realm of fairy Where I beheld what never was to be.
- The mother of Jesus; believed in Christianity and Islam to have been a virgin, and believed by most Christians to have been born herself without sin, to have been assumed into Heaven without death, and to act as a sympathetic intercessor for believers. Now the birth of Jeſus Chriſt was on this wiſe: When as his mother Mary was eſpouſed to Joſeph (before they came together) ſhee was found with childe of the holy Ghoſt.
- Mary Magdalene, a disciple of Jesus.
- Mary of Bethany, the sister of Lazarus and Martha. And Jeſus anſwered, and ſaide vnto her, Martha, Martha, thou art carefull, and troubled about many things: But one thing is needefull, and Mary hath choſen that good part, which ſhall not bee taken away from her.
- Synonym of Maryam (“The 19th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an”)
- A term of address for a male homosexual. Note also that male homosexuals will call most anyone Bessie or Mary, e.g. ‘Oh, Bessie, you're a camp!’
- A male middle name, given in honour of the Virgin Mary.
Mary²
- /ˈmɑ(ː).ɹɪ/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Turkmen Mary, from Classical Persian مَرْو (marw). Doublet of Merv, Marw, and Marv.
proper noun
- A city, the capital of the region of Mary, in southeastern Turkmenistan.
- A region in southeastern Turkmenistan.
mary³
- /ˈmɛɚ.i/
- /ˈmɛɹ.i/
Sounds like marry, merry (both only in accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger) · Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Mary (“female name”). Compare nan and nancy.
noun marys
- Alternative letter-case form of Mary (“male homosexual”).Mary
interjection
- Alternative form of marry (“indeed, in truth”).marry You that be of the court, & eſpecially ye ſworn chaplains beware of a leſſon that a great man taught me at my firſt coming to the court he told me for a good will, he thoughte it wel. He ſayd vnto me. You muſt beware how ſo euer ye do that ye cõtrary not the king, let him haue his ſaiyngs, folow him
