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Mewari, n. and a.|mɛˈwɑːrɪ|
[f. Mewar, a former native state of India, also known as Udaipur, now part of the state of Rajasthan.]
A. n. The language spoken in Mewar.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Mewar or its inhabitants.
1888Kipling From Sea to Sea (1899) I. 48 The Thakur..spoke shrilly in Mewari. The Englishman replied in English-Urdu. Ibid. 51 Mewari [Mewarri, 1888 newspaper publ.]..is a heathenish dialect, something like Multani to listen to. 1925A. Huxley Let. 21 Dec. (1969) 262 Bikaner [is]..inhabited..by a community which counts more millionaires to the thousand than any other population in India, perhaps in the world. These are the Mewari merchants, the Jews of India. 1958[see Mewati n. and a.]. |