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mahratta
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mahratta has 1 sense
- mahratta(n = noun.person) maratha - a member of a people of India living in Maharashtra; Array is a kind of indian
CIDE DICTIONARY
mahratta, n. [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]
mahratta, 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.]
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