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[syn: Marathi, Mahratti]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mahrati \Mah*rat"i\, n.
The language of the Mahrattas; the language spoken in the
Deccan and Concan. [Written also Marathi.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Marathi \Ma*ra"thi\, Mahratta \Mah*rat"ta\, prop. 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Marathi
n 1: an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in
west central India; written in the Devanagari script [syn:
Marathi, Mahratti]