Marathi

//məˈɹɑːti// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Proper Noun
  1. 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."

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Marathi मराठी (marāṭhī). Doublet of Maharashtri.

Etymology 2

From Marathi मराठी (marāṭhī). Doublet of Maharashtri.

Etymology 3

From Marathi मराठी (marāṭhī). Doublet of Maharashtri.

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