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Marhatta

Marhatta is the archaic form of Maratha.

Meaning of Maratha

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...
  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

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Proper noun

Marhatta

  1. A surname of Kshetri people descended from Maratha immigrants.

Forms of Marhatta

pluralMarhattas

Questions about Marhatta

What does Marhatta mean?
Marhatta means a surname of Kshetri people descended from Maratha immigrants.
What is Marhatta the archaic form of?
Marhatta is the archaic form of Maratha.
What part of speech is Marhatta?
Marhatta is a proper noun.

Words near Marhatta in the dictionary

  1. Marhaenists
  2. marhala
  3. marhalas
  4. Marham
  5. Marhanets
  6. Marhatta
  7. Marhattas
  8. Marhefka
  9. Marheshvan
  10. Marholm
  11. Mari

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Marhatta (page history and authors); Maratha (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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