See also: hindi, hindí, híndi, and hindî

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Etymology edit

From Classical Persian هِنْدِی (hindī), from هِنْد (hind, India), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu) + Persian adjectival suffix ـِی (). Not from Iranian Persian هند (hend).

Pronunciation edit

  • enPR: hĭn'di, IPA(key): /ˈhɪndi/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪndi

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Hindi

  1. Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language, which is based on Khariboli.
  2. The Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages. These are also spoken in Fiji, Guyana and as a second language by Indians in many other countries.
  3. (linguistics) All the lects in the Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.
  4. (historical) A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.

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Hindi (not comparable)

  1. In or relating to the Hindi language.
  2. (historical) Indian[1]

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References edit

  1. ^ Henry Yule (1903), “Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive”, in dsal.uchicago.edu[1], archived from the original on 19 December 2023

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Bikol Central edit

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Hindi

  1. a barangay in Bacacay, Albay in the Philippines.

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Hindi n

  1. Hindi (language)

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Etymology edit

Ultimately from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu).

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Hindi n (proper noun, strong, genitive Hindi or Hindis)

  1. the Hindi language

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Hindi m (strong, genitive Hindi or Hindis, plural Hindi or Hindis)

  1. Hindi speaker (male or of unspecified gender)

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Hindi f (genitive Hindi, plural Hindi or Hindis)

  1. female Hindi speaker

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Further reading edit

  • Hindi” in Duden online
  • Hindi” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Hindi

  1. Alternative form of Uhindi: India (a country in South Asia)