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Marwari, n. and a.|ˈmɑːwɑːriː|
Also Marvari, Marwaree, Marwarry.
[Hindi, f. Skr. maru desert, wilderness.]
A. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of Marwar, a region in the state of Rajasthan in India.
b. The dialect of Hindi used in Marwar.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Marwar region.
1815J. R. Carnac Let. Feb. in Trans. Lit. Soc. Bombay (1819) I. 297 The failure of rain in Marwar, and the ruin by the locusts of the products of the land..drove the inhabitants of that unfortunate country into..Guzerat... Miseries seemed to follow the footsteps of the Marwarees. 1826W. B. Hockley Pandurang Hari II. iii. 70, I..implicated by name..Sewchund the Marwarry, and many others. 1832J. Tod Ann. Rajast'han II. iii. ii. 234 The wealthy bankers and merchants of these regions scattered throughout India, are all known under one denomination, Marwarí, which is erroneously supposed to apply to the Jodpoor territory. 1855H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms 332/2 Márwáṛí bankers are mostly of the Jain religion. 1880[see bunnia]. 1885G. C. Whitworth Anglo-Indian Dict. 199/2 Márwári is also the name of the language of Márwár. 1899Kipling From Sea to Sea I. xiv. 129 A black, flamboyant Marwari stallion. 1908G. A. Grierson Ling. Survey India IX. ii. 16 Standard Mārwāṛī varies but little from Jaipuri. 1926A. Huxley Jesting Pilate i. 72 These houses..are the palaces of the Marwari merchants, the Jews of India. 1960‘S. Harvester’ Chinese Hammer xxv. 202 A cluster of Marwari women was achingly brilliant in rainbow-coloured saris. 1964S. K. Chatterji in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 412 In Rajasthani,..the passage will be as follows (in the Marwari dialect). 1971R. Russell tr. Ahmad's Shore & Wave viii. 92 Money-lenders..in their Marwari turbans. |