Marathi
adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person of a Marathi-speaking people from the state of Maharashtra; a person of or from Maharashtra.
"1882, R. V. Modak, History of the Native Churches Associated with the American Marathi Mission..., in Memorial Papers of the American Marathi Mission, 1813-1881, American Marathi Mission, page 11, In March 1831, Moroba, a Marathi, was received to the church."
- 2 an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script wordnet
- 1 Pertaining to the state of Maharashtra, to the Marathi-speaking people from the state, or to the Marathi language. not-comparable
"2022, Hrishikesh Sudhakar Ingle, Marathi Cinema, Cultural Space, and Liminality, Oxford University Press, unnumbered page, In formulating the idea of a vernacular performative, the intention has been to situate Marathi filmmaking of the 1950s within a post-studio scenario."
- 1 An Indo-Aryan language that is the predominant language spoken in the state of Maharashtra, India.
"I made a pact with her that she would teach me more Marathi and I could teach her the English alphabet."
Example
More examples"In English, your answer can be 'correct' or 'incorrect'; but in Marathi, your answer can be 'wrong' or 'un-wrong'."
Etymology
From Marathi मराठी (marāṭhī). Doublet of Maharashtri.
Related phrases
More for "marathi"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.