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noun
1.
the most widely spoken of the modern Indic vernaculars, especially its best-known variety, Western Hindi.
2.
a literary language derived from Hindustani, used by Hindus.
Origin:
1790–1800; < Hindi, Urdu, equivalent to Persian Hind, Hindu (compare Sanskrit Sindhu the river Indus; sense extended to “region of the Indus, Sind”) + -ī suffix of appurtenance; replacing Hinduee < Persian Hinduī
1790–1800; < Hindi, Urdu, equivalent to Persian Hind, Hindu (compare Sanskrit Sindhu the river Indus; sense extended to “region of the Indus, Sind”) + -ī suffix of appurtenance; replacing Hinduee < Persian Hinduī
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Hindi
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| Hindi (ˈhɪndɪ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also Hindustani a language or group of dialects of N central India. It belongs to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family and is closely related to Urdu |
| 2. | a formal literary dialect of this language, the official language of India, usually written in Nagari script |
| 3. | a person whose native language is Hindi |
| [C18: from Hindi hindī, from Hind India, from Old Persian Hindu the river Indus] | |
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