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Marathi
[ muh-rah-tee, -rat-ee ]
noun
- an Indic language of western and central India: the principal language of the state of Maharashtra.
Marathi
/ məˈrɑːtɪ /
adjective
- of or relating to Maharashtra state in India, its people, or their language
noun
- the state language of Maharashtra, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Marathi1
First recorded in 1820–30
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Example Sentences
In the mid-60s, the Shiv Sena spoke of the erosion of Marathi.
From The Daily Beast
Here the Sanskrit words amount to four-fifths in the Marathi dictionaries.
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The genitive plural is not used as a dative plural in Marathi, but it is the basis of the plural general oblique case.
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Before dealing with these, it will be convenient to give the modern Marathi synthetic declension of the commoner forms of nouns.
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The only original Prakrit tenses which have survived in Marathi are the present and the imperative.
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It is derived from the Apabhrarṁśa form uṭṭhiu, to which the dative suffix n (old Marathi ni, niyẫ) has been added.
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