मराठा

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

• (Delhi Hindi) 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).

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, “मराठा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• 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).