Etymology

marv

M3A1R1V4

Today it means: Marvellous, fantastic. Full definition →

Iranian Persian مَرْو ← Classical Persian مَرْو
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

marv · adjective1

Clipping of marvellous.

Marv · proper noun2

  1. Classical Persian · derived fromمَرْو
  2. Iranian Persian · borrowed fromمَرْو
  3. English todayMarv

Borrowed from Iranian Persian مَرْو (marv), from Classical Persian مَرْو (marw).

Words from the same roots

Classical Persianمَرْو all →

maryMerv

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.