हिंदी

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Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هندی (hindī). Equal to हिंद (hind, India) +‎ -ई (, suffix showing relatedness).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

हिंदी (hindīf (Urdu spelling ہندی)

  1. Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language, which is based on Khariboli.
    क्या आप हिन्दी बोल सकते हैं?
    kyā āp hindī bol sakte ha͠i?
    Can you speak Hindi?
    हिन्दी देवनागरी लिपि में लिखी जाती है
    hindī devnāgrī lipi mẽ likhī jātī hai.
    Hindi is written in the Devanagari script.
  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.
  4. (historical) A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.

Declension

Noun

हिंदी (hindīm (Urdu spelling ہندی)

  1. (dated) an Indian; a person of India
    Synonyms: भारतीय (bhārtīya), हिंदुस्तानी (hindustānī)
    हिंदी हैं हम!hindī ha͠i ham!We are Indians!

Declension

Adjective

हिंदी (hindī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ہندی)

  1. (dated) Indian
    Synonyms: भारतीय (bhārtīya), हिंदुस्तानी (hindustānī)

References

Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هندی (hindī).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

हिंदी (hindī) (Latin script Hindi, Kannada script ಹಿಂದೀ)

  1. the Hindi language

References

  • Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هندی (hindī).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

हिंदी (hindīf

  1. Hindi (language)

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “हिंदी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies