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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy).
Noun
هندی • (hindi)
- Indian
- Hindu
- turkey; turkey hen
- Synonym: (Persian) پیلمرغ (pil-mürğ, literally “elephant bird”)
Derived terms
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Persian
Etymology
Probably from Arabic هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy), analysable within Persian as هند (hend) + ـی (-i). Compare native هندو (hendu).
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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hindī
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| Dari reading?
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hindī
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| Iranian reading?
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hendi
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| Tajik reading?
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hindī
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Noun
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هندی
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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Ҳиндӣ
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هندی • (hendi) (plural هندیان (hendiyân) or هندیها (hendi-hâ) or هنود (honud))
- Indian (a person from India)
- Synonyms: (dated) هندو (hendu), (archaic) هندوی (hendavi)
- (archaic) Indian; Native American
- Synonym: سرخپوست (sorx-pust)
Adjective
هندی • (hendi)
- Indian
- Synonyms: (dated) هندو (hendu), (archaic) هندوی (hendavi)
Proper noun
هندی • (hendi)
- Hindi (language)
- (archaic) Used to refer to any indigenous Indian language depending on context, e.g. Bengali in Bengal, Telugu in the Deccan sultanates, etc.
- Synonym: هندوی (hendavi)
- Indus (constellation)