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  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.
  indic.

  abbreviation

  indicating.

Indic

¹ American  

[in-dik] / ˈɪn dɪk /

noun

1. 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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adjective

1. of or relating to India; Indian.

2. of or relating to Indic; Indo-Aryan.

indic. ² American  

abbreviation

1. indicating.

2. indicative.

3. indicator.

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indic. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. indicating

2. indicative

3. indicator

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Indic ² British  

/ ˈɪndɪk /

adjective

1. denoting, belonging to, or relating to a branch of Indo-European consisting of the Indo-European languages of India, including Sanskrit, Hindi and Urdu, Punjabi, Gujerati, Bengali, and Sinhalese

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noun

1. this group of languages

Etymology

Origin of Indic

First recorded in 1875–80; from Latin Indicus “of India,” from Greek Indikós; see India, -ic

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Example Sentences

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Indic indic.

“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

We cannot say that they strike us as so many improvements on Kālidāsa; they certainly often destroy or obliterate characteristic Indic features.

From The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany by Arthur F. J. Remy

It will be noticed that the Persian tendency found a far greater number of followers than the Indic.

From The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany by Arthur F. J. Remy

Some poems are moralizingly descriptive of Indic customs, e.g., p.

From The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany by Arthur F. J. Remy

Saith, seth, v.t. and v.i. 3d pers. sing. pres. indic. of say.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Or take a scruple each of pil. indic. foetid, agarici, trochis ati; one scruple of rhubarb pills, six grains of lapis lazuli, make into pills with epithimium, and take them once a week.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

Dost, dust, 2d pers. sing. pres. indic. of Do.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Doth, duth, 3d 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

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