ल or ळ
Capital L is the Marathi ळ.
- kalaaकला
- kaLaaकळा
- baalबाल
- baaLबाळ
- shaalaशाला
- shaaLaaशाळा
Marathi · Devanagari · Typing tool
Marathi typing: type in English, get मराठी
Type “namaskaar” or “maajhe ghar” in English letters and get मराठी as you press space, with ळ, ज्ञ and ऑ one key away.
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Spellings appear here as you type. Press 1–5 to choose one.
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Example: maajhii shaaLaa → माझी शाळा · runs in your browser, nothing is uploaded.
01 · How Marathi typing works
Type the sound. Fix the spelling with a tap.
Marathi shares Devanagari with Hindi but needs a few letters Hindi keyboards hide: ळ, the ज्ञ spelled dny, and the ॲ ऑ vowels of English loanwords. Words ending in a are read as ā (mala → मला), which suits Marathi’s many -ā endings. A full stop stays a plain dot, as in modern Marathi.
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ळ is a capital L
Capital L is the retroflex ळ that Hindi rarely uses and Marathi needs constantly.
- shaaLaaशाळा
- kuLaकुळा
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ज्ञ is dny
Marathi pronounces ज्ञ as “dnya”, and people type it that way. dny gives ज्ञ anywhere in a word, and gy gives it at the start.
- dnyaanज्ञान
- vidnyaanविज्ञान
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ऑ for English words
.o gives ऑ or ॉ, as in डॉक्टर, ऑफिस and कॉलेज.
- D.okTarडॉक्टर
- .ophisऑफिस
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Final a is long
Marathi words end in ā far more often than in a bare consonant, so a final a makes ा. Stop on a consonant for the bare form.
- kelaकेला
- gharघर
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Anusvara is automatic
n or m before a consonant becomes ं (mumbai, pune). Add an underscore to keep a half letter.
- aMbaअंबा
- sun_darसुन्दर
Space converts
Press space, Enter or a punctuation mark and the word you typed turns into Marathi. Pasted text is converted word by word.
Chips show other spellings
Roman letters can be read several ways. The chips list known words first, then single-letter alternatives. Press 1–5 or tap.
Ctrl+Space is English
Toggle plain English for names, URLs and numbers. Backspace right after a conversion gives your letters back.
02 · Spelling ambiguity
Where Marathi spellings differ, and how to correct them.
Marathi adds ळ and a ज्ञ that is pronounced “dnya” to the usual Devanagari ambiguities of vowel length and dental versus retroflex consonants. Every pair below was run through the typing engine when the page was built, and a test checks each one.
न or ण
A capital N inside a word is ण.
- ghanघन
- ghaaNघाण
- manusमनुस
- maaNusमाणुस
Short or long vowel
aa, ii, uu are the long vowels.
- kalकल
- kaalकाल
- kaayकाय
- kaayaकाया
Corrections: you typed this, you meant that
Typed shala and got शला
Meant शाळा
Type shaaLaa: the school word has a long ā and ळ.
Typed pani and got पनी
Meant पानी
Type paani: write aa for the long ā. The suggestion chip offers it too.
Typed mhanuun and got म्हनून
Meant म्हणून
Type mhaNuun: capital N inside a word is ण. The suggestion chip offers it too.
03 · Mapping chart
Every key, for Marathi.
Generated by running the same typing engine the tool above uses, so it cannot drift from what you get. Capital letters are different letters, not emphasis.
Vowels
Capital letters are different letters, not emphasis.
- aअ
- aaआ
- iइ
- iiई
- uउ
- uuऊ
- RRiऋ
- eए
- aiऐ
- oओ
- auऔ
Vowel signs (matras) on the letter k
- kaaका
- kiकि
- kiiकी
- kuकु
- kuuकू
- kRRiकृ
- keके
- kaiकै
- koको
- kauकौ
Consonants
- kक
- khख
- gग
- ghघ
- ~Nङ
- chच
- chhछ
- jज
- jhझ
- ~nञ
- Tट
- Thठ
- Dड
- Dhढ
- Nण
- tत
- thथ
- dद
- dhध
- nन
- pप
- phफ
- bब
- bhभ
- mम
- yय
- rर
- lल
- vव
- shश
- Shष
- sस
- hह
Extra letters and shortcuts for Marathi
- Lळ
- dnyज्ञ
- kshक्ष
- jnज्ञ
- zज़
- fफ़
Conjuncts: type the consonants one after another
- kyaक्या
- kraक्रा
- traत्रा
- shraश्रा
- sthaस्था
- ndraन्द्रा
- dhyaध्या
- mpaम्पा
- tmaत्मा
- vyaव्या
Signs and escapes
- kaMकं
- ka.Nकँ
- kaHकः
- k_क्
- ka{}iकइ
- kaM — anusvara ं (also .n)
- ka.N — chandrabindu ँ
- kaH — visarga ः
- k_ — halant: stops the vowel
- ka{}i — {} keeps two vowels apart
04 · Sample words
Common Marathi words, and what to type.
Each pair was run through the engine when this page was built. The keystrokes shown are exact; casual spellings (shorter, without the double vowels) usually reach the same word through the chips.
- नमस्कारhellonamaskaar
- महाराष्ट्रMaharashtramahaaraaShTr
- मराठीMarathimaraaThii
- माझेmymaajhe
- तुम्हीyou (plural)tumhii
- धन्यवादthank youdhanyavaad
- शाळाschoolshaaLaa
- पुस्तकbookpustak
- आईmotheraaii
- बाबाfatherbaabaa
- मित्रfriendmitr
- घरhouseghar
- पाणीwaterpaaNii
- भाजीvegetablebhaajii
- भाकरीflatbreadbhaakarii
- शिवाजीShivajishivaajii
- मुंबईMumbaimumba{}ii
- पुणेPunepuNe
05 · FAQ
Questions about Marathi typing
Does it write ळ and ज्ञ the Marathi way?
Yes. Capital L is ळ, and dny is ज्ञ (as in ज्ञानेश्वर). These are the two letters most often wrong in Hindi-first keyboards.
Why does the full stop stay a dot?
Modern Marathi uses a plain full stop rather than the danda, so this page does too. Hindi, Nepali and Sanskrit pages do convert it to ।.
I have old Marathi text in Shree-Lipi or Shivaji. Can this convert it?
That is the job of the font converters: Shree-Dev, Shivaji and Kiran to Unicode are linked below. This page is for typing new text.
How do I type Marathi using English letters?
Click in the box and type each word the way it sounds, for example “maajhii shaaLaa”. When you press space or a punctuation key the word becomes Marathi (माझी शाळा). The chips above the box list other spellings; press 1–5 or tap one to swap it in.
A word came out wrong. How do I fix it?
Right after a word converts, press Backspace once to get your English letters back and edit them, or press Ctrl+Z, or tap “Undo word”. You can also tap another chip before pressing space. Switch with Ctrl+Space when you want plain English.
Is my text uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs in your browser. The page downloads one small word-list file from this site so it can suggest spellings; what you type is never sent. The text is kept in this tab’s session storage so a refresh does not lose it, and it disappears when you close the tab.
Does it work on a phone?
It is built for touch screens: big tappable chips, and the conversion waits until your keyboard has finished its own word so predictive keyboards do not fight it. If your phone keyboard autocorrects Roman words before this page sees them, turn off auto-correct for this site or use the suggestion chips.
Can I save what I typed?
Yes: Copy puts the Marathi text on the clipboard, and the download buttons save a .txt or a Word .docx. The text is standard Unicode, so it pastes into WhatsApp, Gmail, Word and Google Docs.