A Dictionary of the Mahratta language. William Carey. Published by 1810. First edition. Marathi has some of the oldest literature of all modern Indian languages, dating from around 600 AD. William Carey (1761-1834) was an English missionary and a foremost linguist who spent 41 years in India. He was professor of Sanskrit, Marathi and Bengali at the Fort William College in Calcutta. Carey made many English translations of the Hindu classics and translated the Bible into several Indian languages. He and other missionaries developed a peculiar "pidginized" Marathi to be used for translations. He established the mission press at Serampore in 1799 where he together with William Ward and Joshua Marshman produced dictionaries, classical literature and other works.
Carrey's Maratha Dictionary
