Hindi
[hin-dee]
- the most widely spoken of the modern Indic vernaculars, especially its best-known variety, Western Hindi.
- a literary language derived from Hindustani, used by Hindus.
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Origin of Hindi
1790–1800; < Hindi, Urdu, equivalent to Persian Hind, Hindu (compare Sanskrit Sindhu the river Indus; sense extended to “region of the Indus, Sind”) + -ī suffix of appurtenance; replacing Hinduee < Persian Hinduī
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Examples from the Web for hindi
Contemporary Examples
The most notorious enforcers of honor codes are unelected “village councils,” referred to as khap panchayats in Hindi.
In Hindi, dhoom means blast, and this movie may indeed be a blast.
Locals used to teach British officers Arabic, Hindi, Urdu and Persian.
“Badmashi” means a “goon” in the Urdu and Hindi parlance of the subcontinent.
UPDATE, Dec. 18, 2011: In Urdu and Hindi, languages of India and Pakistan, the word for "drama" is "tamasha."
Historical Examples
It is a copious and beautiful language, second only to Hindi.
I have used instead one of the two Hindi versions of the book.
A Guide to HealthMahatma Gandhi
Translated into Hindi from the Bengali recension of the Sanskrit.
AkbarP. A. S. van Limburg-Brouwer
His speech is generally in Hindi, but he converses easily in any language.
Autobiography of a YOGIParamhansa Yogananda
Chahda fired one shot after another, muttering to himself in Hindi.
The Golden SkullJohn Blaine
Hindi
- 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 UrduSee also Hindustani
- a formal literary dialect of this language, the official language of India, usually written in Nagari script
- a person whose native language is Hindi
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Word Origin
C18: from Hindi hindī, from Hind India, from Old Persian Hindu the river Indus
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Word Origin and History for hindi
Hindi
1825 as an adjective; 1880 as a language name, from Hind "India" (see Hindu) + -i, suffix expressing relationship.
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