Likewise, Marth or Morth (Syriac: ܡܪܬܢ, Mārtan, "Our Lady")[citation needed] is a title of Mary, mother of Jesus.
Occasionally, the term Maran or Moran has been used by various Eastern Christian patriarchs and catholicoi, who started using it in the recent centuries.
Sometimes the Indian bearers of this title are called Moran Mar, using a hybrid style from both Syriac dialects that reflects somewhat the history of Syro-Malabar Christians.
Although Mara/Moro is clearly a derived form of the above Marya/Moryo, and ultimately has roots in common Semitic, there is a fanciful derivation found in early Syriac lexica, that the word is an initialism as follows: In Mishnaic Hebrew through to date, this Aramaic word is pronounced [mar] (Hebrew: מָר), and it is used as a formal way of addressing or referring to a male person.
"Mar" was also the honorific of the Talmudic Exilarchs[10] and according to Sherira ben Hanina, formed part of names like "Amemar".