मराठा

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀭𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀞 (marahaṭṭha), from Sanskrit महाराष्ट्र (mahārāṣṭra). Cognate with Gujarati મરાઠો (marāṭho).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.ɾɑː.ʈʰɑː/, [mɐ.ɾäː.ʈʰäː]

मराठा • (marāṭhā) m (Urdu spelling مراٹھا)

1. Maratha (caste)

मराठा • (marāṭhā) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling مراٹھا)

1. Maratha (member of the Maratha caste)

   क्या आप एक मराठा हो? ― kyā āp ek marāṭhā ho? ― Are you a Maratha?

2. Maharashtrian (a person from Maharastra)

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मराठा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘨𑘮𑘘𑘿𑘘 (marahaṭṭa), 𑘦𑘨𑘿‍𑘮𑘰𑘘𑘰 (mar‍hāṭā), 𑘦𑘨𑘿‍𑘮𑘰𑘘𑘹𑘽 (mar‍hāṭeṃ), 𑘦𑘮𑘨𑘰𑘘 (maharāṭa), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀭𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀞 (marahaṭṭha), from Sanskrit महाराष्ट्र (mahārāṣṭra). Cognate with Gujarati મરાઠો (marāṭho). Doublet of महाराष्ट्र (mahārāṣṭra).

IPA^(key): /mə.ɾa.ʈʰa/

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मराठा • (marāṭhā) m

1. Maratha (a caste or a member of it)
2. a Maharashtrian (a person from Maharastra)

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मराठा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मराठा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मराठा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)