marathi
Collocations
5ADJ.
'incorrect', cultural, memorial, official, punjabi
VERB + MARATHI
campaigned, speak, speaks, study, teach, write
MARATHI + NOUN
alphabet, american, cinema, dravidian, indo-aryan, language, mission, mother
PREP.
in, in, with, with
ADV.
distinctly
Definitions
name
An Indo-Aryan language that is the predominant language spoken in the state of Maharashtra, India.
I made a pact with her that she would teach me more Marathi and I could teach her the English alphabet.
noun
A person of a Marathi-speaking people from the state of Maharashtra; a person of or from Maharashtra.
1882, R. V. Modak, History of the Native Churches Associated with the American Marathi Mission..., in Memorial Papers of the American Marathi Mission, 1813-1881, American Marathi Mission, page 11, In March 1831, Moroba, a Marathi, was received to the church.
'These people want places reserved for Marathis in railways jobs, so they’re attacking candidates across the city … Bhai, this'll turn ugly before you know it.'
adj
Pertaining to the state of Maharashtra, to the Marathi-speaking people from the state, or to the Marathi language.
2022, Hrishikesh Sudhakar Ingle, Marathi Cinema, Cultural Space, and Liminality, Oxford University Press, unnumbered page, In formulating the idea of a vernacular performative, the intention has been to situate Marathi filmmaking of the 1950s within a post-studio scenario.
For years now, local parties in Mumbai had campaigned for Marathi people to get preferential treatment – land, housing, jobs.
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noun — an Indic language
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6I made a pact with her that she would teach me more Marathi and I could teach her the English alphabet.
Wiktionary1882, R. V. Modak, History of the Native Churches Associated with the American Marathi Mission..., in Memorial Papers of the American Marathi Mission, 1813-1881, American Marathi Mission, page 11, In
Wiktionary'These people want places reserved for Marathis in railways jobs, so they’re attacking candidates across the city … Bhai, this'll turn ugly before you know it.'
Wiktionary2022, Hrishikesh Sudhakar Ingle, Marathi Cinema, Cultural Space, and Liminality, Oxford University Press, unnumbered page, In formulating the idea of a vernacular performative, the intention has been
WiktionaryFor years now, local parties in Mumbai had campaigned for Marathi people to get preferential treatment – land, housing, jobs.
WiktionaryIn English, your answer can be 'correct' or 'incorrect'; but in Marathi, your answer can be 'wrong' or 'un-wrong'.
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