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मारना mārnā[mār˚= Prk. मार(इ), or मारे(इ)=S. मारय(ित), caus. of rt. मृ ;+nā= Prk. अणअं=S. अनीयं], v.t. To beat, strike, thump, smite; to hit, knock; to punish;—to kill, slay, slaughter; to destroy, ruin, mar, spoil, blight, blast; to crack, break; to deaden or blunt (the edge of a knife, etc.); to destroy the active qualities of, to kill (quicksilver, lead, etc.), to calcine;—to strike out; to thrust out;—to attack (villages, houses, or travellers); to rob or seize with assault (i.e. with killing, or personal violence), to plun der; to embezzle; to withhold wrongfully;—to earn smartly and cleverly; to make (profit in business);—to stop, close; to fine;—to overcome, conquer, vanquish, defeat; to seize, take, capture, catch; to master subdue. tame, mortify (affections, appetites, or lusts); to calm, quench, allay, suppress, smother; to counteract (poison, etc.);—to press down; to stamp;—to drive; to drive or ram in; to insert; to apply, fix, fasten, clap on;—to set; to throw, to pelt with, to cast (a spell); to toss; to shoot, discharge, fire (a gun), dart or hurl (a missile), lay on (a sword, etc.); to fight (a battle); to strike or make (a sudden assault); to strike up (a run, dance, strain, etc.); to strike out (the hands or legs); to pitch (a tent); to chuck in, or toss off (a morsel); to raise or set up (a cry); to make or do (generally with vehemence, eagerness, or smartness);—(as a gerund) s.m. Striking, beating, etc.:—mār-baiṭhnā(-ko), To strike, beat, etc.:—mār-denā, v.t. intens. of and=mārnā:—mār-ḍālnā, v.t. (intens.) To kill outright, to slay, to murder:—mār-lenā, v.t. (intens.) To beat completely, to overcome, conquer, etc.:—mārne-hārā, or māran-hārā, s.m. Smiter; slayer, etc.
Origin: Hindi