Definition of Indic

1. Noun. A branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages.


Definition of Indic

1. Proper noun. (linguistics) A branch of the Indo-European family of languages comprising Sanskrit and its modern descendants such as Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi. ¹

2. Adjective. Pertaining to this group of languages. ¹

3. Adjective. Pertaining to India or its people or culture; Indian. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indic

Indianeer
Indianeers
Indianisation
Indianise
Indianised
Indianises
Indianising
Indianism
Indianisms
Indianization
Indianize
Indianized
Indianizes
Indianizing
Indians
Indic (current term)
Indicatoridae
Indiella
Indies
Indigirka
Indigirka River
Indigo child
Indigo children
Indigofera anil
Indigofera suffruticosa
Indigofera tinctoria
Indira Gandhi
Indira Nehru Gandhi
Indo-
Indo-Aryan

Literary usage of Indic

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

1. Yale Studies in English edited by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Yale university New Haven (1907)
"indic. 16. 1. M. Asm. (1) indic. 73. 6. De Vet. Pref. (1) indic. 8. 17. ... indic. 1. 1. HL. (1) indic. 185. 131. 13. Index-List of noun of time (oblique ..."

2. A Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament by Edward Robinson (1852)
"seq. indic. present, 1 Cor xiv. 24. James ii. 15. 1 John i. 6. 3. Used in respect to things certain as if they were uncertain, and hence equivalent to a ..."

3. A Greek Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Herbert Weir Smyth (1916)
"SECONDARY ENDINGS OF THE ACTIVE (Indic. AND OPT.) The optative generally has the endings of the ... ENDINGS OF THE MIDDLE (Indic., SUBJ., OPT.) a. 2 Sing. ..."

4. A Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament by Edward Robinson (1836)
"seq. indic. present, 1 Cor. 14: 24. James 2: 15. 1 John I: 6. 2. With the Indicative, but only in later Greek writers ; in NT only once and with indic. ..."

5. A French grammar for schools and colleges: together with a brief reader and by William Henry Fraser, John Squair (1901)
"Près. Indic. résous, résous, résout, résolvons, résolvez, résolvent; ... Little used beyond the infln. and third sing. près, indic. 206. Suivre, 'to follow. ..."

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