Maharashtra

Maharashtra

English

Map of India with Maharastra highlighted

Alternative forms

• Maharastra

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

1. 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 (bn) (môharaṣṭrô) Bulgarian: Махаращра (Maharaštra) Burmese: မဟာရဋ္ဌ (ma.harathta.) Chhattisgarhi: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 馬哈拉施特拉邦／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) 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) (môharaṣṭrô) Persian: مهاراشترا‎ Portuguese: Maharashtra f Punjabi: ਮਹਾਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ (mahārāśṭar), ਮਹਾਂਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ m (mahā̃rāśṭar) 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)

See also

(states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal ^{(Category: en:States of India)}

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Alternative forms

• Maharastra

Proper noun

Maharashtra f

1. Maharashtra (a state of India)