marathi

«marathi» in Mova's school dictionary: a language spoken by about 80 to 100 million people… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (Marathi — a language and people); adjective (Marathi)

meaning for a pupil

1) Marathi is a language spoken by about 80 to 100 million people, mainly in the state of Maharashtra in western India, including the city of Mumbai. tree →

2) Marathi describes the people, culture or things of Maharashtra. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and language lessons Marathi is one of India's official languages, written in the Devanagari script, the same script as Hindi. Marathi speakers live around the world, including in the UK, the USA and Australia. Phrases: «speak Marathi», «Marathi film», «Marathi food».

examples

• Marathi is spoken in Mumbai and across Maharashtra. tree →
• My friend's grandma tells stories in Marathi. tree →
• Marathi is written in the Devanagari script. tree →
• We watched a Marathi film with English subtitles. tree →
• «Namaskar» is a Marathi greeting. tree →
• Over 80 million people speak Marathi. tree →

note

Always a capital «M». Said «muh-RAH-tee». It is not an English word but a language name. Do not confuse with «Maratha» (a people and empire in Indian history) or «Mahratta» (old spelling).

In the corpora

• Mongoose comes from Marathi, a language of India, so its plural is mongooses.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «marathi» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.