Hindi

See also: hindi, hindí, híndi, and hindî

English

Etymology

From Persian هندی‎ (hendi), from هند‎ (hend, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu) + Persian adjectival suffix ی‎ (-i). Likely influenced by Urdu ہندی‎ (Hindi).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hĭn'di, IPA^(key): /ˈhɪndi/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪndi

Proper noun

Hindi

1. Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language.
2. The Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages. These are also spoken in Fiji, Guyana and as a second language by Indians in many other countries.
3. (linguistics) All the lects in the Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.
4. (historical) A historical name for a dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Urdu, or Hindustani.

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Hindi (af)
• Amharic: ሕንድኛ (ḥəndəña)
• Arabic: هِنْدِيَّة‎ (ar) f (hindiyya)

  Gulf Arabic: هندي‎ m (hindi)

• Armenian: հինդի (hy) (hindi), հնդկերեն (hy) (hndkeren)
• Assamese: হিন্দী (hindi)
• Asturian: hindi (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: hind (az)
• Basque: hindi (eu)
• Belarusian: хі́ндзі m (xíndzi)
• Bengali: হিন্দি (hindi)
• Breton: hindeg
• Bulgarian: хи́нди (híndi)
• Burmese: ဟိန္ဒီ (my) (hindi)
• Catalan: hindi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 印地語 (zh), 印地语 (zh) (yìndìyǔ), 印地文 (yìndìwén)

• Corsican: hindi (co) m
• Czech: hindština (cs) f
• Danish: hindi (da)
• Dhivehi: ހިންދީ‎ (dv) (hin̊dī)
• Dutch: Hindi (nl) n
• Esperanto: hinda
• Estonian: hindi keel
• Faroese: hindi n
• Fiji Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Fijian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: hindi (fi)
• French: hindî (fr)
• Galician: hindi (gl) m
• Georgian: ჰინდი (hindi), ჰინდი ენა (hindi ena)
• German: Hindi (de) n
• Greek: χίντι (el) (chínti)
• Gujarati: હિન્દી (gu) (hindī)
• Hebrew: הִינְדִּית‎ f (hindít)
• Hindi: हिन्दी (hi) f (hindī), हिन्दी भाषा f (hindī bhāṣā)
• Hungarian: hindi (hu)
• Icelandic: hindí (is)
• Indonesian: Hindi (id), bahasa Hindi
• Irish: Hiondúis f
• Italian: hindi (it) m
• Japanese: ヒンディー語 (ja) (ヒンディーご, hindīgo)
• Kannada: ಹಿಂದಿ (kn) (hindi)
• Khmer: ហិណ្ឌី (km) (həndii)
• Korean: 힌디어 (ko) (hindieo)
• Lao: ພາສາຮິນດູ (phā sā hin dū)
• Latin: hindice
• Latvian: hindi
• Lithuanian: hindi (lt)
• Malay: Hindi, bahasa Hindi
• Malayalam: ഹിന്ദി (ml) (hindi)
• Maltese: Ħindi
• Marathi: हिन्दी (hindī)
• Moksha: хинди (xindi)
• Mongolian: хинди (xindi), хинди хэл (xindi xel)
• Navajo: Híndoo bizaad
• Nepali: हिन्दी (ne) (hindī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hindi (no) m or n

  Nynorsk: hindi m

• Occitan: indi (oc)
• Oriya: ହିନ୍ଦୀ (hindi)
• Pashto: هندي‎
• Persian: هندی‎ (fa) (hendi)
• Polish: hindi (pl) n
• Portuguese: hindi (pt)
• Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦੀ (hindī)
• Romanian: hindusă (ro)
• Russian: хи́нди (ru) m (xíndi)
• Sanskrit: हिन्दीभाषा f (hindībhāṣā)
• Santali: ᱦᱤᱱᱫᱤ (hindi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хинди m

  Roman: hindi m

• Sindhi: ھِندِي‎
• Sinhalese: හින්දි (si) (hindi), හින්දි භාෂාව (hindi bhāṣāwa)
• Slovak: hindský, hindčina f
• Slovene: hindijščina f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: hindišćina f

  Upper Sorbian: hindišćina (hsb) f

• Spanish: hindi (es) m
• Swahili: Kihindi
• Swedish: hindi (sv)
• Tajik: забони ҳиндӣ (zaboni hindī), ҳиндӣ (tg) (hindī)
• Tamil: ஹிந்தி (ta) (hinti), இந்தி (ta) (inti)
• Tatar: хинди (xindi)
• Telugu: హిందీ (te) (hindī), హిందీ భాష (te) (hindī bhāṣa), హిందీ మాట్లాడు ప్రజలు (hindī māṭlāḍu prajalu), ఉత్తరాది వారు (uttarādi vāru), ఉత్తర భారతదేశ జనాలు (uttara bhāratadēśa janālu)
• Thai: ภาษาฮินดู (paa-sǎa hin-duu), ภาษาฮินดี (th) (paa-sǎa hin-dii)
• Turkish: Hintçe (tr)
• Ukrainian: хі́нді (uk) m (xíndi), гі́нді (uk) m (híndi)
• Urdu: ہندی‎ (ur) f (hindī)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Hin-đi (vi), tiếng Ấn Độ
• Volapük: hindiy (vo)
• Walloon: hindi
• Welsh: hindi
• West Frisian: Hindy
• Xhosa: isiHindi
• Zulu: isiHindi

Adjective

Hindi (not comparable)

1. In or relating to the Hindi language.

Translations

relating to the Hindi language

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хиндски m

  Roman: hindski m

See also

• Hindu
• Hindustani, Hindi-Urdu
• Urdu
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hindi terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code hi, ISO 639-3 code hin (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Hindi, hin (behind paywall)

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Proper noun

Hindi

1. a barangay in Bacacay, Albay in the Philippines.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɪn.di/

Proper noun

Hindi n

1. Hindi (language)

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪndiː/

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Proper noun

Hindi n (proper noun, strong, genitive Hindi or Hindis)

1. the Hindi language

Noun

Hindi m (strong, genitive Hindi or Hindis, plural Hindi or Hindis)

1. Hindi speaker (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Hindi [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hindi	die	Hindi, Hindis
genitive	eines	des	Hindi, Hindis	der	Hindi, Hindis
dative	einem	dem	Hindi	den	Hindi, Hindis
accusative	einen	den	Hindi	die	Hindi, Hindis

Noun

Hindi f (genitive Hindi, plural Hindi or Hindis)

1. female Hindi speaker

Declension

Declension of Hindi [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hindi	die	Hindi, Hindis
genitive	einer	der	Hindi	der	Hindi, Hindis
dative	einer	der	Hindi	den	Hindi, Hindis
accusative	eine	die	Hindi	die	Hindi, Hindis

Further reading

• “Hindi” in Duden online
• “Hindi” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Proper noun

Hindi

1. Alternative form of Uhindi