name
Meaning 1
An ethnic group in Bangladesh.
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Standard Lemma guide
marma
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noun
Meaning 2
A special, sensitive point on the body.
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Topics: Ayurveda, alternative-medicine, medicine, sciences
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History
Etymology
From Burmese မရမာ (ma.ra.ma).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer- Proto-Indo-European *mérmn̥ Sanskrit मर्म॑ (márma)bor. English marma Borrowed from Sanskrit मर्म॑ (márma, “mortal spot, vital point”).
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: মারমা (maroma) — ethnic group
- Burmese: မရမာ (ma.ra.ma) — ethnic group
- Burmese: မရမာကြီး (ma.ra.ma-kri:) — ethnic group
- Hindi: मरमा (marmā) — ethnic group
- Portuguese: marma — a special, sensitive point on the body