Hindi

HIN-dee/ˈhɪndi/UKhin-DHEE/hɪnˈðiː/

7 meanings of Hindi

1
proper noun
A standard, formal form of the Hindustani language, used as an official language across northern India.
She is learning Hindi at a language school in Mumbai.
Many news programs in the north are broadcast in Hindi.
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2
adjective
Belonging to or written in the Hindi language.
She enjoys watching Hindi movies on the weekend.
The store sells Hindi newspapers and magazines.
3
proper noun
A group of related Indo-Aryan languages from central northern India, also spoken in Fiji and Guyana.
Like a big family of cousins who all speak a little differently but share the same roots.
Linguists group several northern Indian languages together as Hindi.
Hindi covers a range of closely related tongues, not just one.
4
proper noun
All the local language varieties spoken in the Hindi Belt of northern India, even ones not closely related.
In its widest sense, Hindi includes every local way of speaking across the northern belt.
Some varieties counted as Hindi are not closely related to the standard language at all.
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5
adjectivehistorical
Indian, or relating to India and its people.
The sailors traded for Hindi cloth and spices on the long voyage home.
He returned from his travels with many Hindi goods.
SimilarIndian
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6
proper nounobsolete
The dialect once spoken in Delhi that is now called Hindustani.
‘teġh kī hindī agar talvār hai, fārsī pagḌī kī bhī dastār hai.’
1988, Kaali Das Gupta Raza, Deewan-e-GhalibHere, hindī means the language of Delhi, later known as Hindustani.
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7
proper noun
A village in the municipality of Bacacay, in Albay province, the Philippines.

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Comes from Hindi हिंदी (hindī), which came from Classical Persian هِنْدِی (hindī).