Marten

Etymology
martren:, martryn:, from martrine: 'marten fur', from Old Low Franconian *marþrin 'of marten fur' (cf. Middle Dutch martren:), from *marþra 'marten' (compare Dutch marter:), from  (compare Low German undefined:, West Frisian murd: 'polecat', Old English mearþ: 'shrew'), originally 'wedding' (cf. Crimean Gothic undefined: 'wedding'), from  'bride'. More at marry. For sense development, compare Italian donnola 'weasel', from donna 'lady', Greek nyfítsa 'weasel', from nymfē 'bride'.

Noun

 * 1) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes in the family Mustelidae.

Derived terms

 * American marten
 * beech marten
 * Japanese marten
 * nilgiri marten
 * pine marten
 * stone marten
 * yellow-throated marten

Translations

 * Abkhaz: цыҕ
 * Albanian: zardafi
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: lepahori
 * Belarusian:
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton: mart
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: mår
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: marteso
 * Estonian: nugis
 * Faroese: márur
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: mardar, martar
 * Galician: marta
 * Georgian: კვერნა
 * German:
 * Greek: δενδροκούναβο (dendrokúnavo)
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Ladin: meder
 * Latin:


 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lower Sorbian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Norwegian: mår
 * Occitan: marta
 * Ojibwe: waabizheshi, waabizheshiwag
 * Persian: (samur)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: jder
 * Romansch: fiergna
 * Russian:
 * Sami: neahti
 * Sardinian: schirri, isbirru, marta, martzu
 * Scottish: taghan
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman: cibetka
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: mård
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Upper Sorbian:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: marter