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mahratta

 : 
Adjective, Noun
 : 
Mah=rat=ta

CIDE DICTIONARY

mahrattan. [Hind. Marhatā, Marhāttā, the name of a famous Hindoo race, from the old Skr. name Mahā-rāshtra.].
     One of a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part of India. Also, the language of the Mahrattas; Mahrati. It is closely allied to Sanskrit.  [1913 Webster]
mahrattaprop. 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.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mahratta, var. of MARATHA.


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