हिंदकी
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Hindi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- हिन्दकी (hindakī)
Etymology
[edit]Term is made up with هند + كی, literally means 'of Hind'.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]हिंदकी • (hindkī) f (Urdu spelling ہِنْد کی)
- the people of Indian descent who have converted to Islam, found in Peshawar and other parts of Afghanistan.[1]
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