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] (in French), 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). By surface analysis, هند (hind / hend, “India”) +‎ ـی (-ī / -i, suffix forming adjectives). Compare native هندو (hindū / 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?	hindi

Adjective

هندی • (hindī / hendi) (Tajik spelling ҳиндӣ)

1. Indian

   Synonyms: (dated) هندو (hindū / hendu), (archaic) هندوی (hindawī / hendavi)

Noun

هندی • (hindī / hendi) (plural هندیان (hindīyān / hendiyân), or هندی‌ها (hindī-hā / hendi-hâ), or هنود (hunūd / honud), Tajik spelling ҳиндӣ)

1. Indian (a person from India)

   Synonyms: (dated) هندو (hindū / hendu), (archaic) هندوی (hindawī / hendavi)

2. (archaic) Indian; Native American

   Synonym: سرخ‌پوست (surx-pūst / sorx-pust)

3. Hindi (language)
4. (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 (hindawī / hendavi)

Proper noun

هندی • (hindī / hendi) (Tajik spelling Ҳиндӣ)

1. Indus (constellation)