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Definition of Marathi
1. Noun. An Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script.
Definition of Marathi
1. 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.
Definition of Marathi
1. Proper noun. Language spoken in the state of Maharashtra, India. ¹
2. Proper noun. The people of this state. ¹
3. Adjective. Pertaining to Maharashtra or its language. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marathi
Literary usage of Marathi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Catalogue of Books Offered to the Public at the Affixed Prices by by Bernard Quaritch (Firm) (1887)
"P, RAM Vijaya, 4 Mythological Poems, in Marathi, 4 vols. folio, lithographed,
with some hundreds of large engravings representing scenes from the Puranas, ..."
2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1909)
"A grammar of the Marathi language for the use of senior students. ... Molesworth (James
T.) A dictionary English and Marathi, compiled for the Government of ..."
3. Catalogue of Sanskrit and Pali Books in the British Museum by Ernst Anton Max Haas, Cecil Bendall, Lionel David Barnett, British Museum Department of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts (1908)
"With the poetical Marathi commentary, ... See VAMANA PANDITA, the Marathi Poet.
4fa etc. ... Edited with glosses in Marathi by Tukaram ..."
4. Catalogue of the Library of the India Office by Reinhold Rost, James Fuller Blumhardt (1908)
"With Marathi commentary and explanations by Krishna ... Edited, with a Marathi
translation, by Lakshmana Gopala ..."
5. Trübner's Catalogue of Dictionaries and Grammars of the Principal Languages by Trübner (1882)
"Originally Translated into Marathi by Sadashiva Kashinath Chhatre. ... A DICTIONARY,
Marathi and ENGLISH. Compiled by JT MOLESWORTH.assisted by GEORGE and ..."
6. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain), Parish Register Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"Marathi PROVERBS. Collected and arranged by REV. ... THE literature of India
owes, as might have been expected, little to the Marathi genius. ..."
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