Sindhi

[ sin-dee ]

noun,plural Sind·his, (especially collectively) Sind·hi for 1.
  1. an inhabitant of Sind.

  2. a modern Indic language of the lower Indus valley.

adjective
  1. of or relating to Sind or its inhabitants.

Origin of Sindhi

1
First recorded in 1895–1900; from Arabic Sindī, equivalent to Sind Sind, from Hindi sindhi, ultimately from Sanskrit sindhu “sea, ocean” (specifically the Indus River and the surrounding area); + a suffix indicating relationship or origin; cf. Hindi

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British Dictionary definitions for Sindhi

Sindhi

/ (ˈsɪndɪ) /


noun
  1. plural -dhi or -dhis a former inhabitant of Sind. The Muslim majority now lives in Pakistan while the Hindu minority has mostly moved to India

  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family

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