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Definition of Hindi

1. Noun. The most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken mostly in the north of India; along with English it is the official language of India; usually written in Devanagari script.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to or supporting Hinduism. "The Hindu faith"

Definition of Hindi

1. n. The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written.

Definition of Hindi

1. Proper noun. A language spoken in the Northern States of India. Also spoken in Fiji, Guyana and as a second language by Indians in many other countries. The word Hindi is borrowed from Persian into other languages. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the Hindi language. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hindi

Himantopus stilt Himarë Himmler Himni i Flamurit Himself Hin recombinase Hinault Hinayana Hinayana Buddhism Hinayanist

Hind II Hind III Hindawi Hindemith Hindenburg Hindi (current term) Hindi-Urdu Hindia Hindian Hindley's screw

Hindoo Hindooism Hindoos Hindoostanee Hindoostanees Hindoostani Hindostan Hindostani Hindu Hindu-Arabic numeral

Literary usage of Hindi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1909)
"Diack (AH) The Kulu dialect of Hindi: some notes on its grammatical structure, with specimens of the songs and sayings current amongst the people, ..."

2. Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit by David Edwin Pingree (1994)
"1953 = AD 1896 (IO 1258); published with the Hindi translation and notes of Nilakantha ... D.465); published with a Hindi tika at Benares in 1926 (IO San. ..."

3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"A very brief notice of the most distinguished authors in Selected Hindi, Marathi, ... Hindi ranks, perhaps, highest among the Indian vernaculars Hindi in ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The language of this tract is called "Western Hindi"; to its west we have Panjabi (of the Central Punjab), and to the east, reaching as far as Benares, ..."

5. A Catalogue of the Library of the Hon. East-India Company: Supplement by East India Company Library, East India Company (1851)
"Calcutta, 1839 Ballantyne (James R.), Elements of Hindi and Braj ... a Collection of Proverbs in Hindi Verse. 8vo. tract. Agra, 1847 Griffin (Lieut. ..."

6. Indo-Iranian Phonology with Special Reference to the Middle and New Indo by Louis Herbert Gray (1902)
"Ml. ly > (l)lh. § 804. The assimilation of ly to (l)lh is very rare. a. Indian. Skt. kalya 'dawn,' E. Hindi, Hindi kalh, kal, ..."

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