Maratha
tə noun
a member of a Hindu people inhabiting central and western India.
Also, Mahratta.
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Maratha or Mahratta (məˈrɑːtə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a member of a people of India living chiefly in Maharashtra | |
| Mahratta or Mahratta | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
Maratha
state in s.w. India, also in ref. to the Scytho-Dravidian race living there, 1763 (Mharatta), from Skt. Maharastra, lit. "great country," from maha- "great" + rastra "kingdom," from raj "to rule."
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