Marathi

noun

Ma·​ra·​thi mə-ˈrä-tē How to pronounce Marathi (audio)
: the chief Indo-Aryan language of the state of Maharashtra in India

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In Malayalam, Hindi and Marathi, with English subtitles. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024 The project’s launch at Film Bazaar builds on the team’s history with the platform, which has supported their previous ventures in the Marathi film industry. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024 The film embraces India’s linguistic diversity, featuring dialogue in Malayalam, Hindi, and Marathi, along with documentary voices in Bhojpuri, Gujarati and Tamil. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024 The projects represent a linguistic mosaic, including Hindi, English, Assamese, Tamil, Marwari, Bengali, Malayalam, Punjabi, Nepali, Marathi, Pahadi, and Cantonese, demonstrating the market’s growing international appeal. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024 Sule resolved the dilemma by using the Marathi word followed by the English one in brackets in both Marathi and roman scripts. Byvaishnavi Chandrashekhar, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024 That philosophy has led AGS to explore productions in other Indian languages, including Malayalam, Kannada and Marathi. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024 Shot in Marathi, the film is produced by Neeraj Churi of U.K.-based Lotus Visual Productions, with India’s Taran Tantra Telefilms, Dark Stories, in co-production with Bridge PostWorks, Moonweave and France’s Arsam International. Annika Pham, Variety, 8 May 2024 The film will be released in India on June 2, 2023 in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Bengali versions. Patrick Frater, Variety, 8 May 2023

Word History

Etymology

Marathi marāṭhī

First Known Use

1698, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Marathi was in 1698

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“Marathi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Marathi. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.

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