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.

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

3. a person whose native language is Hindi

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hindi¹

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”) + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or origin; replacing Hinduee, from Persian Hinduī; Sind

Word History and Origins

Origin of Hindi¹

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

Example Sentences

Their singing, praying and preaching moved seamlessly among three languages: Fijian, Hindi and English.

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In a 2018 interview with BBC Hindi, he said his father wanted him to study, but he fell in love with films early on and wanted to be a hero.

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He made campaign videos in Hindi and Bengali, among other languages.

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"We never thought that our fight of 10 years would be attempted to be closed off like this," his younger brother Jaan Mohammad told BBC Hindi.

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The agency was surprised when Meta’s AI tools added a Hindi song to an ad that targeted dentists.

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