Maria
Dutch (Brabantic)
/maːˈri.(j)aː/
proper noun
Definitions
- Mary Biblical character, mother of Jesus
- Mary Biblical character, Mary Magdalene
- Variants include Maaike (Maaike), Marie (Marie), Marieke (Marieke), Marijke (Marijke), Marije (Marije), Mieke (Mieke), Mie (Mie), and numerous others.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Maria derived from Ancient Greek Μαρία derived from Aramaic מרים (bitter) derived from Hebrew (modern) מרים.
Origin
Hebrew (Modern Ashkenazic)
מרים
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Maria English
- Maria Finnish
- Maria Latin
- Marīa Latin
- sancta, Sancta Latin
- Maria German
- Maria French
- María Spanish, Castilian
- Μαρία Ancient Greek
- Maria Swedish
- Máire Irish
- Maria Danish
- Marie Danish
- مريم Arabic
- مَرْيَم Arabic
- Marie Old French
- Marija Serbo-Croatian
- Maria Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Sfânta Maria Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- مریم Persian
- Marija Latvian
- Maire Old Irish
- Maria Vietnamese
- Mrikë Albanian
- 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌹𐌰 Gothic
- מִרְיָם Hebrew (modern)
- מרים Hebrew (modern)
- Maria Estonian
- მარია Georgian
- მარიამი Georgian
- 馬利亞 Chinese
- מַרְיָם Aramaic
- מרים Aramaic
- Maria Norwegian
- Maria Hawaiian