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marathi


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mahrati  \Mah*rat"i\,  n. 
  The  language  of  the  Mahrattas;  the  language  spoken  in  the 
  Deccan  and  Concan.  [Written  also  {Marathi}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Marathi  \Ma*ra"thi\,  Mahratta  \Mah*rat"ta\,  n. 
  A  Sanskritic  language  of  western  India,  prob.  descended  from 
  the  Maharastri  Prakrit,  spoken  by  the  Marathas  and 
  neighboring  peoples.  It  has  an  abundant  literature  dating 
  from  the  13th  century.  It  has  a  book  alphabet  nearly  the  same 
  as  Devanagari  and  a  cursive  script  translation  between  the 
  Devanagari  and  the  Gujarati. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Marathi 
  n  :  an  Indic  language;  the  state  language  of  Maharashtra  in  west 
  central  India;  written  in  the  Devanagari  script  [syn:  {Marathi}, 
  {Mahratti}] 




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