хинди

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi हिन्दी (hindī) or हिंदी (hindī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxʲinʲdʲɪ]

Noun

хи́нди • (xíndi) m inan (indeclinable)

1. Hindi; one of the official languages of India

   я не говорю́ на хи́нди.

   ja ne govorjú na xíndi.

   I don't speak Hindi.

Usage notes

• Language names that are nouns form their adverbs with the preposition на (na) (+ prepositional case), rather than with по (po). For example: на хи́нди (na xíndi, “in Hindi”).

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Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

хинди m (Latin spelling hindi)

1. Hindi; one of the official languages of India