هندی

See also: ہندی and هندي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy).

Noun

هندی • (hindi)

1. Indian
2. Hindu
3. turkey; turkey hen

   Synonym: (Persian) پیلمرغ (pil-mürğ, literally “elephant bird”)

Derived terms

• بابا هندی (baba hindi, “turkeycock”)

Descendants

• Turkish: hindi
• → Armenian: հինտի (hinti)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “هندی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1329
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “هندی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2172

Persian

Etymology

Probably from Arabic هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy), analysable within Persian as هند (hend) +‎ ـی (-i). Compare native هندو (hendu).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hin.ˈdiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪn̪.d̪íː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪn̪.d̪íː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪.d̪íː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔin̪.d̪í]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hen̪.d̪íː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hin̪.d̪í]

Readings
Classical reading?	hindī
Dari reading?	hindī
Iranian reading?	hendi
Tajik reading?	hindī

Noun

Dari	هندی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	Ҳиндӣ

هندی • (hendi) (plural هندیان (hendiyân) or هندی‌ها (hendi-hâ) or هنود (honud))

1. Indian (a person from India)

   Synonyms: (dated) هندو (hendu), (archaic) هندوی (hendavi)

2. (archaic) Indian; Native American

   Synonym: سرخ‌پوست (sorx-pust)

Adjective

هندی • (hendi)

1. Indian

   Synonyms: (dated) هندو (hendu), (archaic) هندوی (hendavi)

Proper noun

هندی • (hendi)

1. Hindi (language)
2. (archaic) Used to refer to any indigenous Indian language depending on context, e.g. Bengali in Bengal, Telugu in the Deccan sultanates, etc.

   Synonym: هندوی (hendavi)

3. Indus (constellation)