Hindi
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Etymology edit
From Classical Persian هِنْدِی (hindī), from هِنْد (hind, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu) + Persian adjectival suffix ـِی (-ī). Not from Iranian Persian هند (hend).
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Hindi
- Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language, which is based on Khariboli.
- 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.
- (linguistics) All the lects in the Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.
- (historical) A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.
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Hindi (not comparable)
- In or relating to the Hindi language.
- (historical) Indian[1]
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References edit
- ^ 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
Further reading edit
- ISO 639-1 code hi, ISO 639-3 code hin (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Hindi, hin
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Hindi
- a barangay in Bacacay, Albay in the Philippines.
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Hindi n
- 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)
- the Hindi language
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Hindi m (strong, genitive Hindi or Hindis, plural Hindi or Hindis)
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Declension of Hindi [masculine, strong]
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Hindi f (genitive Hindi, plural Hindi or Hindis)
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Declension of Hindi [feminine]
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
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Hindi
- Alternative form of Uhindi: India (a country in South Asia)