maranatha

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαράνα θά (marána thá) or μαράν αθά (marán athá), from Aramaic מרנא תא‎ (“Lord, come!”) or מרן אתא‎ (“our lord has come”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /maˈra.na.tʰa/, [mäˈränät̪ʰä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈra.na.ta/, [mäˈräːnät̪ä]

Interjection

maranatha

our Lord comes

References

maranatha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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