name
Marla
name
1
A female given name.
"Marla waved from across the room."
noun
1
In parts of South Asia, a traditional unit of land area, roughly a quarter of an acre depending on region.
"The plot was advertised as five marla, a common size for a family home in the area."
How to Use Marla
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither a woman's first name, or (in South Asian property listings) a small unit of land.
Word Forms
marlas plural, marlas plural
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Etymology
The name arose in the 1930s in the US as a shortened form of Marlene; the land-measurement sense has a separate South Asian origin.