Greek maris

<p><span style="color:rgba( 0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87 )">The Greek word μάρις ‘long pepper (</span><em style="color:rgba( 0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87 )">Piper longum</em><span style="color:rgba( 0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87 )"> L.)’ that is attested in the lexicon of Hesychius (μ 289) has not been the subject of any research to date. The author’s hypothesis is that it is ultimately of Indo-Aryan origin (</span><em style="color:rgba( 0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87 )">cf</em><span style="color:rgba( 0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87 )">. Sanskrit</span><em style="color:rgba( 0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87 )"> marī̆ca</em></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color:rgba( 0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87 )">- m. ‘pepper shrub’, </span><em style="color:rgba( 0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87 )">marī̆ca</em></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color:rgba( 0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87 )">- n. ‘black pepper’, Pali </span><em style="color:rgba( 0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87 )">marica</em><span style="color:rgba( 0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87 )">- n. ‘id.’, Prakrit </span><em style="color:rgba( 0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87 )">maria</em><span style="color:rgba( 0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87 )">-, </span><em style="color:rgba( 0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87 )">miria</em><span style="color:rgba( 0 , 0 , 0 , 0.87 )">- m./n. ‘id.’, etc.). </span></p>