Old Marathi

English

Proper noun

Old Marathi

1. An early New Indo-Aryan language, ancestor of modern Marathi, spoken from c. 1000–1300 CE which is found in works like Jñānēśvarī and Līlācaritra.
   • 1993, Madhav Deshpande, Sanskrit & Prakrit, Sociolinguistic Issues, Motilal Banarsidass, page 117:

     Several Old Marathi inscriptions are found in Kannada script, while several Old Kannada inscriptions are available in Devanāgarī.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Marathi terms