Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mahrati \Mah*rat"i\, n.
   The language of the Mahrattas; the language spoken in the
   Deccan and Concan. [Written also {Marathi}.]

Marathi \Ma*ra"thi\, Mahratta \Mah*rat"ta\, n.
   A Sanskritic language of western India, prob. descended from
   the Maharastri Prakrit, spoken by the Marathas and
   neighboring peoples. It has an abundant literature dating
   from the 13th century. It has a book alphabet nearly the same
   as Devanagari and a cursive script translation between the
   Devanagari and the Gujarati.

Source : WordNet®

Marathi
     n : an Indic language; the state language of Maharashtra in west
         central India; written in the Devanagari script [syn: {Mahratti}]