हिंदवी

Hindi

Alternative forms

• हिन्दवी (hindavī), हिंदुई (hinduī), हिन्दुई (hinduī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هندوی (hindavī); equivalent to हिंदू (hindū, “Indian”) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪn.d̪ə.ʋiː/, [ɦɪ̃n̪.d̪ɐ.ʋiː], /ɦɪn.d̪ʋiː/, [ɦɪ̃n̪.d̪wiː]

Adjective

हिंदवी • (hindavī) (Urdu spelling ہندوی)

1. (historical) of or relating to Indian people, or semantically their land and culture

Proper noun

हिंदवी • (hindavī) f (Urdu spelling ہندوی)

1. (historical) Hindustani, Hindi-Urdu (language)
2. (historical) The Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.
3. (historical) All the lects in the Hindi Belt

Declension

Declension of हिंदवी (sg-only fem ī-stem)

	singular
direct	हिंदवी hindavī
oblique	हिंदवी hindavī
vocative	हिंदवी hindavī