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Definition: Marathi |
MarathiNoun1. An Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west central India; written in the Devanagari script. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: MarathiSynonym: Mahratti (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Dialects of Marathi include Konkani, Ahirani, Manadeshi.
Marathi uses the Devanagari script for writing and is of the Indo-European family of languages. It partly preserves the locative case in noun declension as follows:
Sanskrit:
prabhaat: dawn grha: house
prabhaate: at dawn grhe: at/in house
Marathi:
pahaat: dawn ghar: house
pahaate: at dawn ghari: at/in/to house
It is mostly spoken in the state of Maharashtra.Marathi has a long literary tradition. Famous Marathi authors include P. L. Deshpande, V. P. Kale, D. M. Mirasdar.
See also: Languages of India and Pakistan
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Marathi."
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| "Marathi" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Marathi" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
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| Language | Translations for "Marathi"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Portuguese | marati, marata. (various references) | |
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Misspellings | |
"Marathi" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Karpathi, Maathai, macrantha, Magrath, mahadhi, Maradi, Mawatha, Merafhe, Mereth, Misrahi, Murati. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-i-m-r-t" | |
-1 letter: amrita, tamari, thairm, thiram. | |
-2 letters: airth, arhat, atria, ihram, maria, mirth, riata, tharm, tiara. | |
-3 letters: airt, amah, amia, amir, aria, atma, haar, hair, harm, hart, maar, mair, mart, math, raia, rami, rath, tahr, thir, tram, trim. | |
-4 letters: aah, aha, aim, air, ait, ama, ami, arm, art, ham, hat, him, hit, mar, mat, mir, rah, ram, rat, ria, rim, tam, tar. | |
-5 letters: aa, ah, ai, am, ar, at, ha, hi, hm, it, ma, mi, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-i-m-r-t" | |
+1 letter: arythmia, hamartia. | |
+2 letters: arythmias, hamartias, hematuria, matriarch, rhizomata. | |
+3 letters: achromatic, amateurish, arrhythmia, charismata, hematurias, machinator, matriarchs, matriarchy, pharmacist. | |
+4 letters: achromatism, achromatize, amaranthine, arrhythmias, charismatic, machinators, marathoning, matriarchal, pharmacists, prothalamia. | |
+5 letters: achromatisms, achromatized, achromatizes, amateurishly, amphitheater, apochromatic, arithmetical, camphorating, charismatics, charlatanism, heartwarming, humanitarian, marathonings, matriarchate, matriarchies, metaphorical, metathoracic, metrorrhagia, microhabitat, multiwarhead, panchromatic, prothalamion, prothalamium, thaumaturgic, watermanship. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 72 61 74 68 69 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .-. .- - .... .. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101000 01101001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a r a t h i |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0072 0061 0074 0068 0069 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47678467867475 |
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