Martha

See also: marþa, mar thà, and Märtha

English

Etymology

• From Latin Martha, from Ancient Greek Μάρθα (Mártha), from Aramaic מָרְתָא (mārtā, “mistress”), feminine of מרא (mārā). Doublet of Marfa.
• (humidity chamber): From the use of Martha Stewart-branded storage closets in the construction of early units.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɹθə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːθə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: Mar‧tha

Proper noun

Martha

1. A female given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.
   • 1947, Agatha Christie, The Labours of Hercules:

     They wanted to call her Helen, but I did put my foot down there. Knowing what her mother and father looked like! I tried hard for Martha or Dorcas or something sensible - but it was no good - waste of breath.

2. The sister of Lazarus and Mary in the New Testament.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:
     : Luke 10: 40-42:

     But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful.

Derived terms

• Martha's Vineyard
• St Martha

Translations

female given name

• Arabic: مَرْثَا (marṯā)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܡܪܬܐ (marta)

  Hebrew: מרתא

• Catalan: Marta (ca) f
• Danish: Martha
• Dutch: Martha (nl) f
• Estonian: Marta
• Faroese: Marta f
• Finnish: Martta (fi)
• French: Marthe (fr)
• Galician: Marta (gl) f
• German: Martha
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌸𐌰 (marþa)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Μάρθα f (Mártha)

• Hawaiian: Maleka
• Hebrew: מָרְתָא (he) (Márta)
• Hungarian: Márta (hu)
• Icelandic: Marta (is) f
• Italian: Marta (it)
• Japanese: マーサ (Māsa)
• Latvian: Marta f
• Lithuanian: Morta (lt) f
• Maori: Māta, Marata
• Northern Sami: Mártá
• Norwegian: Marta (no)
• Occitan: Marta f
• Polish: Marta (pl) f
• Portuguese: Marta (pt) f
• Russian: Ма́рфа (ru) (Márfa) (cognate), Марта (ru) f (Marta) (transliteration)
• Spanish: Marta (es)
• Swedish: Marta (sv)

biblical sister of Lazarus and Mary

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܡܪܬܐ (marta)

• Catalan: Marta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 馬大／马大 (maa⁵ daai⁶)

  Mandarin: 馬大／马大 (zh) (Mǎdà)

• Danish: Martha
• Dutch: Marta (nl) f
• Estonian: Marta
• Faroese: Marta f
• Finnish: Martta (fi)
• French: Marthe (fr)
• Galician: Marta (gl) f
• German: Marta (de), Martha
• Hawaiian: Mareta
• Icelandic: Marta (is) f
• Italian: Marta (it)
• Latin: Martha
• Latvian: Marta f
• Lithuanian: Morta (lt) f
• Maore Comorian: Marta
• Maori: Māta, Maata
• Northern Sami: Mártá
• Norwegian: Marta (no)
• Portuguese: Marta (pt) f
• Russian: Ма́рфа (ru) (Márfa)
• Spanish: Marta (es)
• Swedish: Marta (sv)
• Vietnamese: Mátta

Noun

Martha (plural Marthas)

1. (slang) A miniature greenhouse with a humidifier, used for growing mushrooms.

References

• (chamber for growing mushrooms): 2019, Willoughby Arevalo, DIY Mushroom Cultivation

Anagrams

• Thamar

Danish

Proper noun

Martha

1. Martha (biblical figure)
2. a female given name

German

Alternative forms

• Marta

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Martha f (genitive Marthas or Martha)

1. Martha (biblical figure)
2. a female given name

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μάρθα (Mártha), from Aramaic מָרְתָא (mārtā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.tʰa/, [ˈmärt̪ʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.ta/, [ˈmärt̪ä]

Proper noun

Martha f (genitive Marthae); first declension

1. Martha

Declension

First-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	Martha	Marthae
genitive	Marthae	Marthārum
dative	Marthae	Marthīs
accusative	Martham	Marthās
ablative	Marthā	Marthīs
vocative	Martha	Marthae

Descendants

• → Catalan: Marta
• → Czech: Marta
• → Danish: Martha
• → Dutch: Marta
• → English: Martha
  • → Hawaiian: Maleka
  • → Maori: Māta
• → Estonian: Marta
• → Faroese: Marta
• → Finnish: Martta, Marppa
• → French: Marthe
• → Galician: Marta
• → German: Marta, Martha
• → Hungarian: Márta
• → Icelandic: Marta
• → Italian: Marta
• → Latvian: Marta
• → Lithuanian: Morta
• → Northern Sami: Mártá
• → Norwegian: Marte, Martha, Marthe
• → Polish: Marta
• → Portuguese: Marta
• → Romanian: Marta
• → Slovak: Marta
• → Slovene: Marta
• → Spanish: Marta
• → Swedish: Marta

Norwegian

Proper noun

Martha

1. a female given name, alternative spelling of Marta

Portuguese

Proper noun

Martha f

1. a female given name, variant of Marta