M'rashtra

English

Etymology

Contraction of Maharashtra. The apostrophe character ' separating:

1. The first letter, M, of the unabbreviated spelling.
2. The Hunterian transliteration of Sanskrit राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra), the second element of ‘Maharashtra’.

Proper noun

M’rashtra

1. Abbreviation of Maharashtra.
   • 2005, Indian Food Packer, volume 59, All India Food Preservers' Association, page 18:

     M’rashtra FDA cracks down on Red Bull

   • 2006, Sunil Saxena, Headline Writing, Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd, →ISBN, page 179:

     [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.

   • 2024 October 14, Shubadeep Chaudhary, The Tribune (India)‎^[1], archived from the original on 2025-01-04:

     M’rashtra projects ‘moving’ to Gujarat, MVA accuses Shinde govt of betrayal