English
Marfa
Marfa comes from ru,uk Ма́рфа.
- ru,ukmodernМа́рфаMárfa
- EnglishtodayMarfa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- ru,ukmodernМа́рфаMárfa
- EnglishtodayMarfa
The story
The town is named after a character in Jules Verne's novel Michael Strogoff.
Every English word from ru,uk Ма́рфа
Today it means
name A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name Марфа (Marfa).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ru,uk Ма́рфа / Marfa