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Hin⋅di

  [hin-dee]
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–noun
1. the most widely spoken of the modern Indic vernaculars, esp. its best-known variety, Western Hindi.
2. a literary language derived from Hindustani, used by Hindus.
Origin:
1790–1800; < Hindi, Urdu, equiv. to Pers Hind, Hindu (cf. Skt Sindhu the river Indus; sense extended to “region of the Indus, Sind ”) + -ī suffix of appurtenance; r. Hinduee < Pers Hinduī
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Hin·di   (hĭn'dē)   
n.  

  1. A group of vernacular Indic dialects spoken in northern India.

  2. The literary and official language of northern India that is based on these dialects. It is written in Devanagari and uses Sanskrit as a resource language.


[Hindi Hindī, from Hind, India, from Persian, from Old Persian Hinduš, Sind, from Sanskrit sindhuḥ, river.]
Hin'di adj.
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