adj of or pertaining to the mahrattas.
2. mahratta ·noun one of a numerous people inhabiting the southwestern part of india. also, the language of the mahrattas; mahrati. it is closely allied to sanskrit.
3. mahratta ·add. ·noun 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.