Marathi

See also: marathi and marathí

English

Etymology

From Marathi मराठी (marāṭhī). Doublet of Maharashtri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈɹɑːti/

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Proper noun

Marathi

1. An Indo-Aryan language that is the predominant language spoken in the state of Maharashtra, India.
   • 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 110:

     I made a pact with her that she would teach me more Marathi and I could teach her the English alphabet.

Translations

language of Maharashtra

• Arabic: مَارَاثِيَّة f (maraṯiyya)
• Armenian: մարաթի (hy) (maratʻi)
• Assamese: মাৰাঠী ভাষা (marathi bhaxa)
• Bengali: মরাঠী (moraṭhi)
• Bulgarian: маратхи́йски m (marathíjski)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬拉地語／马拉地语 (zh) (Mǎlādìyǔ), 馬拉提語／马拉提语 (Mǎlātíyǔ)

• Czech: maráthština f
• Danish: marathi
• Finnish: marathi (fi)
• French: marathi (fr) m, marathe (fr) m
• Galician: marathi (gl)
• Georgian: მარათული ენა (maratuli ena)
• German: Marathi (de) n
• Greek: μαραθικά n pl (marathiká)
• Gujarati: મરાઠી (gu) (marāṭhī)
• Hindi: मराठी (hi) f (marāṭhī)
• Hungarian: maráthi (hu)
• Icelandic: marathí
• Irish: Maraitis f
• Italian: maratto (it), maharatto
• Japanese: マラーティー語 (ja) (Marātī-go)
• Kannada: ಮರಾಠಿ (kn) (marāṭhi)
• Khmer: មរាឋី (km) (mɔrietʰii)
• Korean: 마라티어 (ko) (Marati-eo)
• Marathi: मराठी (mr) f (marāṭhī)
• Nepali: मराठी (marāṭhī)
• Odia: ମରାଠୀ ଭାଷା (marāṭhi bhāshā)
• Persian: زبان مراتی
• Polish: marathi (pl)
• Portuguese: marata (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਮਰਾਠੀ f (marāṭhī)
• Russian: мара́тхи (ru) m (marátxi)
• Spanish: marathi
• Tamil: மராத்தி (ta) (marātti)
• Thai: ภาษามาราติ (pāsăa mārādtì), มราฐี (má-raa-tǐi)
• Tigrinya: ማራቲኛ (maratiña)
• Urdu: مراٹھی (marāṭhī)

Noun

Marathi (plural Marathi or Marathis)

1. A person of a Marathi-speaking people from the state of Maharashtra; a person of or from Maharashtra.

   Synonym: Maratha

   • 1882, R. V. Modak, History of the Native Churches Associated with the American Marathi Mission..., in Memorial Papers of the American Marathi Mission, 1813-1881, American Marathi Mission, page 11,

     In March 1831, Moroba, a Marathi, was received to the church.

   • 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 278:

     'These people want places reserved for Marathis in railways jobs, so they’re attacking candidates across the city … Bhai, this'll turn ugly before you know it.'

Translations

person of or from Maharashtra

• Bengali: মরাঠী (moraṭhi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬拉地人／马拉地人 (Mǎlādì rén)

• Danish: maratha c
• Finnish: marathit (fi)
• French: Marathe (fr) m or f
• Galician: marathi (gl) m or f
• German: Marathe (de) m
• Hindi: मराठा (hi) f (marāṭhā)
• Italian: maratto (it), maharatto
• Khmer: មរាឋី (km) (mɔrietʰii)
• Portuguese: marata (pt) m or f
• Punjabi: ਮਰਾਠਾ m (marāṭhā)
• Russian: мара́тхи (ru) m (marátxi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Moksha: ^{(please verify)} маратки (maratki)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} marathi (no)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} ماراتی (mârâti)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} marathi m
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} మరాఠి (marāṭhi), ^{(please verify)} మరాఠి భాష (marāṭhi bhāṣa)
• Walloon: ^{(please verify)} Marati

Adjective

Marathi (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the state of Maharashtra, to the Marathi-speaking people from the state, or to the Marathi language.
   • 2022, Hrishikesh Sudhakar Ingle, Marathi Cinema, Cultural Space, and Liminality, Oxford University Press, unnumbered page,

     In formulating the idea of a vernacular performative, the intention has been to situate Marathi filmmaking of the 1950s within a post-studio scenario.

   • 2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 264:

     For years now, local parties in Mumbai had campaigned for Marathi people to get preferential treatment – land, housing, jobs.

Translations

pertaining to Maharashtra, its people or its language

• Bengali: মরাঠী (moraṭhi)
• Czech: maráthský m
• Finnish: maharashtralainen (Maharashtra); marathinkielinen (language)
• French: marathe (fr) m or f
• German: marathisch
• Hindi: मराठी (hi) (marāṭhī)
• Portuguese: marata (pt) m or f
• Punjabi: ਮਰਾਠੀ (marāṭhī)

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Marathi terms

Further reading

• Marathi language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-1 code mr, ISO 639-3 code mar (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Marathi, mar ⁠

Anagrams

• Mahrati

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Marathi n (proper noun, strong, genitive Marathi or Marathis)

1. Marathi (one of the languages of India)