crackling fire, hot ashes, burning chaff Ja.ii.134.

*Sk. murmura, lit. crackling, rustling; cp. Lat. murmur = E. murmur, Gr. μορμύρω to rustle, Ohg murmurōn & murmulōn = Ger. murmeln; all to Idg *mrem, to which Sk. marmara: see P. mammara & cp murumurā