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-‎.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: hĭn'di, IPA(key): /ˈhɪndi/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪndi

Proper noun

Hindi

  1. Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of Hindustani
  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 Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages

Translations

Adjective

Hindi (not comparable)

  1. of or relating to Hindi
  2. an Indian

Translations

See also

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɪn.di/

Proper noun

Hindi n

  1. Hindi (language)

German

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)

Noun

Hindi n

  1. The Hindi language

Noun

Hindi m

  1. A Hindi-speaking person

Further reading

Swahili

Proper noun

Hindi

  1. Alternative form of Uhindi
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