Maryとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English Marie, from Old French Marie, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מַרְיָם‎ (maryām) or Hebrew מִרְיָם‎ (miryām), of uncertain origin. Doublet of Miriam.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛəɹi/
• (General American) enPR: mârʹē
  • (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /ˈme(ə)ɹi/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɹi/
• 韻: -ɛəɹi

固有名詞

Mary (複数形 Marys または Maries)

1. A female given name from Latin, Ancient Greek, Aramaic, or Hebrew.
   • 1821 Lord Byron, Don Juan: Canto the Fifth: IV:

     I have a passion for the name of Mary, / For once it was a magic sound to me: / And still it half calls up the realm of fairy / Where I beheld what never was to be.

   • 1830 Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Cottage Names:

     Mary, which is as common as a white violet, and like that has something indestructibly sweet and simple, and fit for all wear, high or low, suits the cottage or the palace, the garden or the field, the pretty and the ugly, the old and the young;

   • 1905 George M.Cohan, Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway, Mary is a Grand Old Name ( a song)

     For it was Mary; Mary / Plain as any name can be / But with propriety, society / Will say "Marie". / But it was Mary; Mary / Long before the fashions came / And there's something there that sounds so square / It's a grand old name.

   • 1996, Maeve Binchy, This Year It Will Be Different: A Christmas Treasury, Hachette UK (2008) →ISBN

     They had called their children Ann, Mary, and John as a reaction against their own fancy tricksy names. Both mothers thought these names sadly unimaginative and each blamed the child of the other for the lack of vision and style.

2. The Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 1:18, column 2:

     Now the birth of Jeſus Chriſt was on this wiſe: When as his mother Mary was eſpouſed to Joſeph (before they came together) ſhee was found with childe of the holy Ghoſt.

3. The 19th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
4. Any of several other women in the New Testament, notably Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Luke 10:41–42, column 1:

     And Jeſus anſwered, and ſaide vnto her, Martha, Martha, thou art carefull, and troubled about many things: But one thing is needefull, and Mary hath choſen that good part, which ſhall not bee taken away from her.

5. (chiefly US gay slang) A male homosexual. [1925]

   Synonyms: nancy, nan; see also Thesaurus:male homosexual

   • 1941, G. Legman, Sex Variants, Vol. II, p. 1171:

     Note also that male homosexuals will call most anyone Bessie or Mary, e.g. ‘Oh, Bessie, you're a camp!’

   • 1985, W. Dynes, Homolexis, p. 150:

     In America in the 1950s,... Mary was often used in the vocative to address any fellow homosexual (‘Well, Mary...’).

6. (Ireland, dated) A middle name for a male, given in honour of the Virgin Mary.

使用する際の注意点

• The given name was considered too sacred to use before the end of the 12th century. It was very popular from the 17th to the 20th century.

等位語

• Amina

派生語

関連する語

派生した語

• → Cebuano: Mary, Marie
• → Chinese: 瑪麗 (Mǎlì), 瑪莉 (Mǎlì), 瑪利 (Mǎlì)
• → Danish: Mary
• → Faroese: Marý
• → Hawaiian: Mele, Mere
• → Japanese: マリー (Marī)
• → Manx: Mayree
• → Maori: Mere, Meri
• → Norwegian: Mary
• → Scottish Gaelic: Màiri
• → Swedish: Mary
• → Tahitian: Mere
• → Thai: แมรี (mɛɛ-rii)