Western Hindi

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noun

1. the vernacular of the western half of the Hindi-speaking area in India: the basis of Hindustani and of literary Hindi and Urdu.

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Example Sentences

Bundēlī, the speech of Bundēlkhand proper, will be treated as a dialect of Western Hindi in a volume of the Survey not yet published.

From Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by Sleeman, William

To the south of Panjabi and Western Hindi lies Rajasthani.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

G. and R. follow Western Hindi, for their masculine strong forms end in ō.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

A similar idiom is found in some Western Hindi dialects, but Hindostani employs the present participle; thus, caltā hũ.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Panjabi, and the western dialects of Western Hindi, have preserved the old Vedic cerebral l.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various