See also: hindi, hindí, híndi, and hindî

EnglishEdit

 
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Wiktionary
Hindi edition of Wiktionary

EtymologyEdit

From Persian هندی(hendi), from هند(hend, India), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu) + Persian adjectival suffix ی(-i). Likely influenced by Urdu ہندی(Hindi).

PronunciationEdit

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

Proper nounEdit

Hindi

  1. Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language.
  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 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 Urdu, or Hindustani.

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AdjectiveEdit

Hindi (not comparable)

  1. In or relating to the Hindi language.

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Bikol CentralEdit

Proper nounEdit

Hindi

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

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Hindi n

  1. Hindi (language)

GermanEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu).

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

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

  1. the Hindi language

NounEdit

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

  1. Hindi speaker (male or of unspecified gender)

DeclensionEdit

NounEdit

Hindi f (genitive Hindi, plural Hindi or Hindis)

  1. female Hindi speaker

DeclensionEdit

Further readingEdit

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

SwahiliEdit

PronunciationEdit

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Hindi

  1. Alternative form of Uhindi