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Maratha

US/məˈɹɑdə/

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India/məˈɾaː.ʈʰə /

Maratha noun: a member of a Hindu caste (or caste cluster) that is particularly associated with the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Noun

Maratha (plural Maratha or Marathas)

  1. A member of a Hindu caste (or caste cluster) that is particularly associated with the Indian state of Maharashtra.
    • The Marathas are a peculiar caste of Maharashtra, who claim to be Kshatriyas but are more like the cultivator-Sudras of north India.2004, D. L. Sheth, Ram Manohar Lohia on Caste in Indian Politics, [extracts from 1996, Lokayan Bulletin], Ghanshyam Shah (editor), Caste and Democratic Politics in India, Wimbledon Publishing Company...
    • The Maratha are a numerically dominant caste in Maharashtra. As said earlier, Maratha is not a caste but a caste cluster, the main component[s] of which are the Marathas proper and the Kunbis or Kulwadis. […] The Maratha speak mainly Marathi, the language of the region.2004, Kumar Suresh Singh (general editor), B. V. Bhanu, et al. (editors), People of India: Maharashtra, Volume 30, Part 2, Anthropological Survey of India, Popular Prakashan, page 1434
  2. (attributive, often, more broadly, among historians) A member of a Marathi-speaking people particularly associated with Maharashtra.
    • (3) Maratha vessels were to have free access to all French ports, and vice versa.1961, Sailendra Nath Sen, Anglo-Maratha Relations During the Administration of Warren Hastings, Volume 1, Popular Prakashan, page 77
    • The first major threat to Moghul imperial power came from a Hindu tribal confederacy known as the Marathas. Located in the mountainous regions of the Deccan, the Marathas were mainly drawn from the lowest caste of society, but they became a powerfully militant community under their ruler, King...2023, Sangita Govindrao Ghar, Marathas Contribution in Deccan Plateau, Lulu, page 1

Proper noun

Maratha

  1. The Marathi language.

Maratha meaning in Hindi, Marathi and Bengali

Maratha in Hindi

Maratha
मराठा marāṭhā

Maratha in Marathi

Maratha
मराठा marāṭhā

Maratha in Bengali

মহারাষ্ট্রের যুদ্ধপ্রিয় জাতি, মারাঠা, উক্ত সম্প্রদায়ের যেকোনো সদস্য

Forms of Maratha

pluralMaratha
pluralMarathas

Origin of Maratha

Borrowed from Marathi मराठा (marāṭhā). Doublet of Maharashtra.

Words formed from Maratha

Questions about Maratha

What does Maratha mean?
Maratha means a member of a Hindu caste (or caste cluster) that is particularly associated with the Indian state of Maharashtra.
What is Maratha in Hindi?
Maratha in Hindi is मराठा (marāṭhā). See Maratha meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Maratha?
Maratha can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Maratha?
Maratha is pronounced /məˈɾaː.ʈʰə / (India).
What is the plural of Maratha?
The plural of Maratha is Maratha.

Words near Maratha in the dictionary

  1. marasmuses
  2. marasquino
  3. marasquinos
  4. Marat
  5. Maratelli
  6. Maratha
  7. Maratha Empire
  8. Marathas
  9. Marathi
  10. marathon
  11. Marathon County

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Maratha (page history and authors); मराठा (Hindi) (page history and authors); मराठा (Marathi) (page history and authors); Maratha (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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