Marathi

[muh-rah-tee, -rat-ee]

noun

1. an Indic language of western and central India: the principal language of the state of Maharashtra.

Marathi

/ məˈrɑːtɪ /

adjective

1. of or relating to Maharashtra state in India, its people, or their language

noun

1. the state language of Maharashtra, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family

Word History and Origins

Origin of Marathi¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

A passenger who was on the train told BBC Marathi that with the air-conditioning switched off, passengers tried to open the doors to call for help.

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In Mumbai, a Jain monk told BBC Marathi that thousands of pigeons would die of hunger due to the feeding ban.

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His first language is Marathi and Mr Sawant speaks "very little" English.

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In April, two women in Thane district were allegedly assaulted in their residential complex after they said "excuse me" to a man who insisted they speak to him in Marathi.

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The big studios don't pick-up Marathi projects without an "obvious commercial appeal", which means an ecosystem supportive of experimental artistic voices is sorely lacking, she adds.

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What does Marathi mean?

Marathi is a language spoken mainly in Maharashtra, a state in the Republic of India, a southern Asian country.Marathi is a member of the Indic family of languages, which includes languages spoken in Northern India, such as Hindi and Bengali.Marathi is the state language of Maharashtra, a central-western Indian state. Nearly all of the world’s speakers of Marathi live in Maharashtra and its neighboring states or are Maharashtrian immigrants who moved elsewhere, such as to the island of Mauritius.