Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hindi term or phrase:
Maa mar gayi hai teri.
English translation:
words said merely out of frustration or anger
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2010-01-10 14:54:09 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Hindi term
Maa mar gayi hai teri.
Thanks very much for any help :-)
| 3 +8 | words said merely out of frustration or anger |
PRAKASH SHARMA
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| 4 +3 | where is the fire? |
Narasimhan Raghavan
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| 5 +1 | Your mother is died. |
Gurpreet Singh
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| 5 | Your mother has died |
Dr. Shrawan Bhandari
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Non-PRO (2): Amar Nath, JMeenakshi
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Proposed translations
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20+ yrs. experience in language industry
Native in: Hindi 
, Nepali
Works in: English to Hindi, English to Nepali, Nepali to English, and 12 more.
words said merely out of frustration or anger
But I guess, in this dialogue someone is persuading another person to get down/come out quickly and the listener is angry as he has to leave some urgent work for that/ or he has to come out unwillingly.
Or it may be something like,
Is there any emergency?.. or sort of.
I am not sure about the way it has been spoken, so can't be sure about the translation also.
Hope above effort helps you.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-01-07 00:20:48 GMT)
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If you go by literal meaning, Shrawan's answer is correct.
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Note added at 1 day21 hrs (2010-01-08 19:55:33 GMT)
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I am surprised that few friends have voted this question to become non-pro. Having a first look and understanding literal meaning was not enough to get through the right meaning. It required at least a minute or two to determine the same.
Anyway, thanks to all those who agreed to my answer and yes, Raghavji is also right.
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Varsha Pendse-Joshi
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Thank you very much Varshaji for your agreement! Indeed, the explanation you provided in disucssion, in conversative form, is really very good. It looks as if a teacher is giving a demo in front of us! :) Keep it up!
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Quamrul Islam
: Yes, some more of the adjacent dialogues may help.
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Thank you very much Quamrulji! I am happy to note that asker has finally got his answer. :)
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Nitin Goyal
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Thank you very much Nitin ji!
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Lalit Sati
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Thank you very much Lalitji!
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keshab
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Thank you very much Keshabji!
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satish krishna itikela
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Thank you very much Satishji!
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C.M. Rawal
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Thank you very much Rawalji!
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SUJATA GUPTA
: agree
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Thank you very much Sujataji!
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New Zealand
Med. Scientist, Translator & Interpreter
Native in: Hindi , Nepali
Works in: English to Nepali, Nepali to English, Hindi to English, and 1 more.
Your mother has died
| thanks, see my discussion entry though. |
Canada
Native in: Punjabi
Works in: English to Punjabi, English to Hindi, Hindi to English, and 1 more.
Your mother is died.
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May be you are right when you say= I am coming now, because your mother is no longer alive.
| thanks. see my discussion entry though. |
Also a qualified engineer
Native in: Tamil
Works in: English to Tamil, Tamil to English, French to Tamil, and 6 more.
where is the fire?
"Where is the fire" is usually asked of the overspeeding motorists by the police. You can see that sentence in many of Perry Mason novels.
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Quamrul Islam
: Thanks for the English rendering!
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Shukriyaa Quamrul Islam
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satish krishna itikela
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thanks Satish
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C.M. Rawal
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Discussion
The lines are translated as "I am coming, I am coming. What is the damn hurry, man?
But if the given sentence has been said out of frustration/anger and with a question mark, as Prakash and Varsha have pointed out, mostly it should be an abusive, derogatory and disrespectful language. So, the exact context would be needed to know whether it is a literal meaning or a cheap comment/abusive language.
A: Jaldi aa.
B: Aa raha hoon. Maa mar gayi hai 'kya' teri?
Meaning,
A: Come fast
B: Yes, am coming. Your mother has died or what? (Why are you in such a hurry?)