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Marwari

Marwari

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A person from a business community in Marwar, Rajasthan, or the language they speak
  • proper noun
  • /mɑːrˈwɑːri/
: marwari
  • MARWARI (O.S.) Rickshaw wallah!

Examples

  • He spoke to his family in Marwari during the celebration, sharing stories from their heritage.

  • The Marwari hesitates only as long as it takes him to dig in his soaking wet pants, slap the bills into Hasari's hand, and climb aboard.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The Marwari gets down and pays Hasari.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Marwari.

    Delhi Safari (2012)

  • The ownership, however, remained with Ramnath Goenka, a Marwari-Tamil business tycoon who led a press agitation against the British in the Quit India Movement of 1942.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Many successful entrepreneurs in India are Marwari, known for their business acumen.

  • The local shop offered a variety of goods, and the Marwari community often gathered there to socialize.

Synonyms

Rajasthani
vsMarwari
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A group of related languages spoken in Rajasthan, India

is a specific community language within that broader language group

Surface Forms

Marwari main

Morphology

Marwari = Marwar (semi-transparent) = Marwar + i

Formally a demonym (Marwar + -i), but the specific cultural sense 'a member of a business community' is a specialized extension not obvious from the place name alone.

Etymology

The name Marwari originally meant a person 'from' Marwar, with the ending -i showing 'from', like in Punjabi. That is why Marwari now means the business community and the language of people who come from that region.