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; 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

Content from Indian publisher partners in English and Hindi will begin to appear in News Showcase panels in Google News and on Discover, Google said, adding it would launch additional Indic languages this year.

From Reuters

I first came to Katmandu in 1983 as a backpacker and returned while working on a master’s degree in Indic studies.

From New York Times

Other companies too are shifting their focus to what many are calling the new 'Indic web'.

From BBC

It was only about three years ago that access to Indic scripts became easy enough that ordinary users could engage in discussions in their own language.

From New York Times