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Where does “???‍?????” come from?

???‍????? (Old Marathi) comes from Maharastri Prakrit ??????, from Sanskrit महाराष्ट्र, from Sanskrit महत्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maȷ́ʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European méǵh₂s — big, great.

Ancestry of “???‍?????”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maharastri Prakrit??????a Maratha, Maharashtrian
2Sanskritमहाराष्ट्र—
3Sanskritमहत्great, large, big, huge, ample, extensive, long,...
4Proto-Indo-Iranianmaȷ́ʰā́big, great
5Proto-Indo-Europeanméǵh₂sbig, great

Words derived from “???‍?????”

  • मराठवाडा
  • मराठा
  • मराठवाडा
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