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Gujarati, n. and a.|guːdʒəˈrɑːtɪ|
Also Gujarathi, Gujerati, Gurjarati, Guzarat(h)i, Guzatta, Guzerattee, etc.
[Hind., f. Gujarāt (Skr. Gurjará).]
A. n. A native or inhabitant of Gujarat, a state in Western India; a speaker of the Gujarati language; this language.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the state of Gujarat, its inhabitants, or its language.
c1607in Birdwood & Foster 1st Let. Bk. of E. India Co. 1600–19 (1893) 85 And alsoe the Guzaratte do saile in the Portugalls shipps in euery parte of the East Indies. 1615T. Roe Jrnl. 24 Aug. (1899) I. 31, 12 of his priuat Guard, hiered Gusaratts, some with Turkish bowes, some with Pistolls. Ibid. 37 Besides all the Cloth he and his people weare are stuffes and Callicoes of Suratt, which Guseratts bring. 1808R. Drummond (title) Illustrations of the grammatical parts of the Guzerattee, Mahratta, and English languages. 1835J. Bird tr. Ali Mohammed Khan's Pol. & Stat. Hist. Gujarát iii. x. 413 They advanced to battle... Muzaffir..was accompanied by a great crowd of Gujarátís and Rájpúts. 1838Penny Cycl. XII. 227/2 Gurjaratî, or Guzeratî, spoken in Gujerat, and along the coast as far as Bombay. 1925A. Huxley Let. 4 Oct. (1969) 254 Somebody recited a poem in Gujarati, chanting lugubriously. 1927United Free Church Miss. Rec. May 220/1 The programme..was a mixture of English, Marathi, and Gujerathi things. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Dec. 983/1 An adept in the Gujarati tongue. 1936Ibid. 18 Jan. 57/4 The Gujarati writers became inspired by Scott, Byron, Mill, and especially Shakespeare. 1937L. Bromfield Rains Came i. iv. 26 That's what is the matter with Gandhi—besides being a Gujerati by race and a Bunya by caste. 1964E. Huxley Back Street New Worlds vii. 76 There's been a lively demand for teachers with a knowledge of Urdu, Gujerati, Punjabi, Hindi and other Asian tongues. 1969Sunday Standard (Bombay) 3 Aug. (Magazine Section) p. i/5 The modern Gujarati stage is about two decades old. 1970H. R. F. Keating Inspector Ghote breaks Egg iv. 41 His appearance..marked him not as a native of the place but as a Gujarati. |