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[edit]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).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]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.
Translations
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Adjective
[edit]Hindi (not comparable)
- In or relating to the Hindi language.
- 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.’
- (historical) Indian[1]
Translations
[edit]See also
[edit]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
Bikol Central
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hindi
- 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.
- Hindi or Hindustani (language)
- Hindi an pambanwang tataramon kan Indiya.
- Hindi is the national language of India.
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hindi n
- Hindi (language)
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hindi n (proper noun, strong, genitive Hindi or Hindis)
- the Hindi language
Noun
[edit]Hindi m (strong, genitive Hindi or Hindis, plural Hindi or Hindis)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Hindi [masculine, strong]
Noun
[edit]Hindi f (genitive Hindi, plural Hindi or Hindis)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Hindi [feminine]
Further reading
[edit]Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hindi
- Alternative form of Uhindi: India (a country in South Asia)
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