English
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Map of India with Maharastra highlighted
Etymology
From Sanskrit महाराष्ट्र (mahārāṣṭra), derived from महा- (mahā-), combining form of महत् (mahat, “great”) + राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra), a dynasty that once ruled the area. In Sanskrit, the word राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra) means “nation” or “dominion”. Other theories indicate that the word "rāṣṭra" in this context derives from रत्त (ratta) (a corruption of “Rashtrakuta”, a dynasty that once ruled the area), a clan known as राष्ट्रिक (rāṣṭrika) (found in some of King Ashoka’s inscriptions) or रथ (ratha, “chariot”).
Proper noun
Maharashtra
- State in western India which has Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) as its capital.
Translations
state in western India
- Arabic: مَاهَارَاشْتْرَا f (maharaštrā)
- Armenian: Մահարաշտրա (Maharaštra)
- Assamese: মহাৰাষ্ট্ৰ (moharastro)
- Bengali: মহারাষ্ট্র (môharaśṭr)
- Bulgarian: Махаращра (Maharaštra)
- Chhattisgarhi: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 馬哈拉施特拉邦 (zh), 马哈拉施特拉邦 (zh) (Mǎhālāshītèlā-bāng)
- Dhivehi: މަހާރާޝްތުރާ (mahārāšturā)
- Dutch: Maharashtra (nl)
- Esperanto: Maharaŝtro
- Finnish: Maharashtra
- Georgian: მაჰარაშტრა (maharašṭra)
- German: Maharashtra (de)
- Greek: Μαχαράστρα (el) (Macharástra)
- Gujarati: મહારાષ્ટ્ર (mahārāṣṭra)
- Hebrew: מהרשטרה
- Hindi: महाराष्ट्र (hi) (mahārāṣṭra)
- Hungarian: Mahárástra (hu)
- Japanese: マハラシュトラ州 (Maharashutora-shū), マハラシュトラ (Maharashutora)
- Kannada: ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ (kn) (mahārāṣṭra)
- Khmer: មហារាឝ្ត្រ (mɔhaarieshtrɑɑ)
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- Korean: 마하라슈트라 주 (ko) (Maharasyuteura ju), 마하라슈트라 (Maharasyuteura)
- Latvian: Mahārāštra
- Lithuanian: Maharaštra
- Malayalam: മഹാരാഷ്ട്ര (mahārāṣṭra)
- Marathi: महाराष्ट्र (Mahārāṣṭra)
- Mizo: please add this translation if you can
- Oriya: ମହାରାଷ୍ଟ୍ର (or) (mahārāṣṭra)
- Persian: مهاراشترا
- Portuguese: Maharashtra f
- Punjabi: ਮਹਾਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ (mahārāśṭara), ਮਹਾਂਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ m (mahānrāśṭara)
- Russian: Махара́штра (ru) f (Maxaráštra)
- Sanskrit: महाराष्ट्र (sa) (mahārāṣṭra)
- Santali: please add this translation if you can
- Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: Maharashtra
- Swedish: Maharashtra
- Tamil: மகாராட்டிரம் (makārāṭṭiram)
- Telugu: మహారాష్ట్ర (te) (mahārāṣṭra)
- Thai: รัฐมหาราษฏระ (rát máhăa-râatsòtrá)
- Turkish: Maharaştra (tr)
- Ukrainian: Махараштра (Maxaraštra)
- Urdu: مہاراشٹر (mahārāṣṭra)
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See also
(states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal