A Dictionary of the Mahratta Language

Marathi an official language of Maharashtra and Goa is among the twenty most widely spoken languages in the world. The southernmost Indo-Aryan language it is also spoken in Gujarat Madhya Pradesh Karnataka and Daman and Diu and is believed to be over 1300 years old with its origins in Sanskrit. First published in 1810 this dictionary of Marathi (then known as Mahratta) was compiled by the Baptist missionary William Carey (17611834). Written during his time in India it aimed to help European visitors communicate for business and social purposes with native speakers of the language. Methodical in its approach it gives concise meanings and labels the various parts of speech. Containing over 9500 entries in Devanagari script with English translations it remains of interest to historical linguists and language typologists. Carey''s 1805 grammar of Marathi is also reissued in this series.