Hindi

[ hin-dee ]

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.

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Origin of Hindi

1
First recorded in 1790–1800; from Hindi, Urdu, equivalent to Persian Hind, Hindu (compare Sanskrit Sindhu “river,” specifically the Indus river, with the extended sense “region of the Indus; Sind”) + a suffix indicating relationship or origin; replacing Hinduee, from Persian Hinduī; see also Sind

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Hindi

/ (ˈhɪndɪ) /


noun
  1. 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: See also Hindustani

  2. a formal literary dialect of this language, the official language of India, usually written in Nagari script

  1. a person whose native language is Hindi

Origin of Hindi

1
C18: from Hindi hindī, from Hind India, from Old Persian Hindu the river Indus

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