Indic
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indicating.
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indicative.
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indicator.
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indicating
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indicative
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indicator
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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
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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 Hopkins, Edward Washburn
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 Remy, Arthur F. J.
It is the former kind, the nymphaea esculenta, of which Heine sings, and his conception of the moon as its lover is distinctively Indic and constantly recurring in Sanskrit literature.
From The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany by Remy, Arthur F. J.
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