Gujarati

[gooj-uh-rah-tee, goo-juh-]

noun

1. an Indic language of western India.

Gujarati

/ ˌɡʊdʒjəˈrɑːtɪ /

noun

1. a member of a people of India living chiefly in Gujarat

2. the state language of Gujarat, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family

adjective

1. of or relating to Gujarat, its people, or their language

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gujarati¹

1600–10; < Hindi < Sanskrit Gurjara Gujarat

Example Sentences

The Foreign Office told the BBC it is continuing to liaise with the Gujarati government and the Indian government on behalf of the Inner West London Senior Coroner to support the coronial process.

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"There was a huge explosion-like sound and part of the bridge collapsed behind us. Our van also started rolling backwards so we quickly jumped out," he told BBC Gujarati.

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"I saw the plane. It was going down and down. Then it wobbled and crashed right before my eyes," he told BBC Gujarati in an interview earlier this week.

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A music producer in the Gujarati film industry, Mahesh had been on his way back home from work that day and was crossing the area when the plane hurtled down and crashed into the buildings.

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At Vegetarian Brown Girls in north London, the mother-daughter duo serves home-cooked Gujarati food known to make diners' eyes well with memories.

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When To Use

What is Gujarati?

Gujarati is a language spoken in western India, particularly in the state of Gujarat, which is located on India’s western coast.Gujarati is also used to mean the speakers of this language and the citizens of Gujarat.Gujarati is an Indic language, coming from the same language family as Sanskrit, Hindi, Bengali, and many other languages spoken in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.  According to the 2011 Indian Census, Gujarati is spoken as a first language by over 55 million people and is the sixth most popular language in India. Nearly 4.6 percent of the Indian population speaks Gujarati as a first language.Relative to the other languages spoken in India, Gujarati is a young language, tracing back only to the 1100s. The earliest form of written Gujarati appeared in the 1185 narrative poem Bharateśvara-bāhubali-rāsa by Śālibhadra.Like several other Indian languages, spoken Gujarati is heavily based on Sanskrit and written Gujarati is based on the Devanagari script used by other Indic languages. Gujarati is written from left to right with an alphabet of 47 letters.