Indic
noun
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.
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Indic
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[in-dik]
/ ˈɪn dɪk /
indic.
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abbreviation
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indicating.
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indicative.
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indicator.
indic.
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indicating
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indicative
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indicator
Indic
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/ ˈɪndɪk /
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Indic
First recorded in 1875–80; from Latin Indicus “of India,” from Greek Indikós; see India, -ic
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“Dharma,” one of the great untranslatable Indic words, can mean “duty,” or “religion” or “vocation,” but it is fundamentally a duty to oneself, to one’s nature.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
“The Mahabharata is one of two ancient poems. It was written in Sanskrit, an ancient Indic language that is no longer spoken.”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
This view, usually considered Iranian and Zoroastrian, is as radically, if not so emphatically, Indic.
From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Hopkins, Edward Washburn
According to some Indic authorities an arrow is shot off at the moment the accused is dropped into the water, and a 'swift runner' goes after and fetches it back.
From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Hopkins, Edward Washburn
Although Tacitus mentions the same ordeal among the Germans, it is not early Indic law, not being known to any of the ancient legal codes.
From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Hopkins, Edward Washburn
The Tenses, etc., of these verbs are found as follows: 1 2 1 2 Pres. indic. ete or tede. elele.
From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Williamson, Robert Wood
Dost, dust, 2d pers. sing. pres. indic. of Do.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
Doth, duth, 3d pers. sing. pres. indic. of Do.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Possibility, verbs of, put in indic. in cond. sentences, 304, 3, a. possum, 126; —— with present infin.,
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
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