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.
Indic
1 American
[in-dik]
/ ˈɪn dɪk /
indic.
2
American
abbreviation
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indicating.
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indicative.
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indicator.
indic.
1
British
abbreviation
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indicating
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indicative
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indicator
Indic
2
British
/ ˈɪndɪk /
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Indic
First recorded in 1875–80; from Latin Indicus “of India,” from Greek Indikós; see India, -ic
Example Sentences
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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
The Gulistān and Būstān of Saʻdī, some maxims of Bhartṛhari and a few scattered fragments were all that was known in Europe of Indic or Persian literature before the end of the eighteenth century.
From The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany by Arthur F. J. Remy
This sealing for three days is paralleled by modern Indic practice, but not by ancient law.
From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins
What is common and world-wide in the forms of Indic faith we have shown in a previous chapter.
From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Edward Washburn Hopkins
Have, an active verb, signifying to possess, indic. present, and having for its object, book understood after "which."
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham
Dost, dust, 2d pers. sing. pres. indic. of Do.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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 Robert Wood Williamson
Possibility, verbs of, put in indic. in cond. sentences, 304, 3, a. possum, 126; —— with present infin.,
From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett
Duck-batches, land trodden by cattle in wet weather Bats s. corners of ploughed fields: low-laced boots Bawker: Bawker-stone s. a stone for whetting scythes Be, indic. ex.
From A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire by Wadham Pigott Williams
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