indic

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In⋅dic

[in-dik]

–adjective

1.	of or pertaining to India; Indian.

2.	of or pertaining to Indic; Indo-Aryan.

–noun

3.	a subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European languages that includes Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, and many other languages of India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka; Indo-Aryan.

Origin:
1875–80; < L Indicus of India < Gk Indikós. See India, -ic

1.	indicating.

2.	indicative.

3.	indicator.

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In·dic (ĭn'dĭk)

adj.

Of or relating to India or its peoples or cultures.
Of or relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family comprising Sanskrit, the Prakrits, and their modern descendants, such as Bengali, Hindi-Urdu, and Punjabi.

n. The Indic branch of Indo-European. Also called Indo-Aryan.

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