Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

m'rashtra

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: m'rash-tra
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Abbreviation of Maharashtra.

Example Sentences

"M’rashtra FDA cracks down on Red Bull"
"[An] unfortunate development in Indian newspapers is the abbreviation of the names of cities and states to meet headline requirements. Thus, ‘Maharashtra’ has become ‘M’rashtra’ and ‘Hyderabad’ has become ‘H'bad’. A good headline writer must avoid short cuts in writing headlines."
"M’rashtra projects ‘moving’ to Gujarat, MVA accuses Shinde govt of betrayal"

Etymology

Contraction of Maharashtra. The apostrophe character ' separating the first letter of the unabbreviated spelling from the Hunterian transliteration of Sanskrit राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra), the second element of ‘Maharashtra’.

Questions

What does m'rashtra mean?: Abbreviation of Maharashtra.
Where does m'rashtra come from?: Contraction of Maharashtra. The apostrophe character ' separating the first letter of the unabbreviated spelling from the Hunterian transliteration of Sanskrit राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra), the second element of ‘Maharashtra’.

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