Sindhi

American  

[sin-dee] / ˈsɪn di /

noun

• Sindhis,
  plural
• Sindhi
  plural

1. an inhabitant of Sind.

2. a modern Indic language of the lower Indus valley.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Sind or its inhabitants.

Sindhi British  

/ ˈsɪndɪ /

noun

1. a former inhabitant of Sind. The Muslim majority now lives in Pakistan while the Hindu minority has mostly moved to India

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Sindhi
  plural
• Sindhis
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Sindhi

First recorded in 1895–1900; from Arabic Sindī, equivalent to Sind Sind, from Hindi sindhi, ultimately from Sanskrit sindhu “sea, ocean” (specifically the Indus River and the surrounding area); + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or origin; cf. Hindi

Example Sentences

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Sindhi Sindhis

Like Mane, Mehboobani was a caddie while living in the Sindhi Camp slum, this onoriginally a refugee settlement that borders the golf course.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2019

Samina is a worker for the Marginalised Area Reproductive Health Viable Initiative – Marvi – once a popular emblem of female independence in Sindhi folklore.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2016

Before long, he had mastered Hindustani, Sindhi and half a dozen dialects.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hamida Khuhro, a Sindhi nationalist leader, said the end of martial law "was a welcome first step."

From Time Magazine Archive

There is some analogy also to the story Polo tells, in the curious Sindhi tradition, related by Burton, of Bahá-ul-hakk, the famous saint of Multán.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule

My community of Sindhis, as we are known, was essentially homeless, and we dispersed globally.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

Millions of Hindu Sindhis crossing over the new, freshly drawn border wound up in Jodhpur, like my father’s grandmother.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2020

Pashtuns are the dominant tribe in Afghanistan but a minority in Pakistan among Punjabis, Sindhis, Baluchis and other ethnic groups.

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2012

The tall, light-skinned Punjabis, Pathans, Baluchis and Sindhis of West Pakistan are descendants of the Aryans who swept into the subcontinent in the second millennium B.C.

From Time Magazine Archive

West Pakistan, an arid, sprawling land much like the American Southwest, is inhabited by 45 million tall, hardy, light-complexioned Pathans, Sindhis, and Punjabis, who dominate the government and the army.

From Time Magazine Archive