Marwari
/ˈmɑːr.wɑː.ri/noun
A member of a mercantile community from the Marwar region of Rajasthan, India, or the Indo-Aryan language associated with that region.
Did you know?Marwari comes from Marwar, the old name for the Jodhpur region, and its deeper regional name is often explained as meaning 'the region of death' in Sanskritized folk etymology, though that dramatic reading is not the secure scholarly derivation.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient/Medieval Sanskritized regional usage
Indic
Maru-
“Desert or arid land”
Medieval India
Indic
Marwar
“The Marwar region of western Rajasthan”
Late Medieval / Early Modern
Indic
Marwari
“A person from Marwar; later, the language and community associated with that region”
19th Century
English
Marwari
“English adoption referring to the people, language, and commerce-linked identity from Marwar”
Modern English
English
Marwari
“A member of the Marwari community or the Marwari language”
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