marathi

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marathi - 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]

  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.]

marathi - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Marathi
      n 1: an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in
           west central India; written in the Devanagari script [syn:
           Marathi, Mahratti]