See also: hindi, hindí, híndi, and hindî

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Etymology 1

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Hindi edition of Wiktionary

Borrowed from Hindi हिंदी (hindī), from Classical Persian هِنْدِی (hindī). By surface analysis, Hind +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: hĭnthi', IPA(key): (UK) /hɪnˈðiː/, (Indic) /hinˈd̪iː/
  • (US) enPR: hĭn'di, IPA(key): /ˈhɪndi/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɪndi

Proper noun

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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. (obsolete) A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.
    • 1988, Kaali Das Gupta Raza, Deewan-e-Ghalib, Sakar Publishers Private Limited, page 460:
      ‘teġh kī hindī agar talvār hai, fārsī pagḌī kī bhī dastār hai.’
      Teg of Hindi is Talwar; Pagri in Persian is called Dastar
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Adjective

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Hindi (not comparable)

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

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Likely derived from Tagalog or Bikol Central.

Proper noun

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Hindi

  1. A barangay of Bacacay, Albay, Philippines.
    Coordinate terms: Baclayon, Banao, Bariw, Basud, Bayandong, Bonga, Buang, Busdac, Cabasan, Cagbulacao, Cagraray, Cajogutan, Cawayan, Damacan, Gubat Ilawod, Gubat, Iraya, Hindi, Igang, Langaton, Manaet, Mapulang Daga, Mataas, Misibis, Nahapunan, Namanday, Namantao, Napao, Panarayon, Pigcobohan, Pili Ilawod, Pili Iraya, Barangay 1, Barangay 2, Barangay 3, Barangay 4, Barangay 5, Barangay 6, Barangay 7, Barangay 8, Barangay 9, Barangay 10, Barangay 11, Barangay 12, Barangay 13, Barangay 14, Pongco, San Pablo, San Pedro, Sogod, Sula, Tambilagao, Tambongon, Tanagan, Uson, Vinisitahan-Basud, Vinisitahan-Napaobarangays of Bacacay

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  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

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Proper noun

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Hindi

  1. a barangay in Bacacay, Albay in the Philippines.
    Nag-iistar ako sa Brgy. Hindi sa Bacacay, Albay.
    I lived in Brgy. Hindi in Bacacay, Albay.
  2. Hindi or Hindustani (language)
    Hindi an pambanwang tataramon kan Indiya.
    Hindi is the national language of India.

Dutch

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Proper noun

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Hindi n

  1. Hindi (language)

German

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu).

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Proper noun

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

  1. the Hindi language

Noun

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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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Noun

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Hindi f (genitive Hindi, plural Hindi or Hindis)

  1. female Hindi speaker

Declension

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Further reading

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

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Hindi

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