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

Example Sentences

“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

Although Tacitus mentions the same ordeal among the Germans, it is not early Indic law, not being known to any of the ancient legal codes.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Hopkins, Edward Washburn

He studied Persian and Arabic literature at Patna, the centre of Indic Mohammedan learning.

From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Hopkins, Edward Washburn

They are both built up of materials which were definitely shaped before the Teutonic and Indic branches separated.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max