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).

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

Noun

Hindi (uncountable)

  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 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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