n. [ Hind. Marhatā, Marhāttā, the name of a famous Hindoo race, from the old Skr. name Mahā-rāshtra. ] One of a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part of India. Also, the language of the Mahrattas; Mahrati. It is closely allied to Sanskrit. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Mahrattas. [ Written also Maratha. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , prop. n. A Sanskritic language of western India, prob. descended from the Maharastri Prakrit, spoken by the Marathas and neighboring peoples. It has an abundant literature dating from the 13th century. It has a book alphabet nearly the same as Devanagari and a cursive script translation between the Devanagari and the Gujarati. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]