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Hindi.

Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language, which is based on Khariboli.

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Meaning & usage

name/hɪnˈðiː/UK/ˈhɪndiː/US/ɦɪn̪.d̪iː/India, South-Asia
  1. Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language, which is based on Khariboli.

  2. The Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages. These are also spoken in Fiji, Guyana and as a second language by Indians in many other countries.

  3. All the lects in the Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.

  4. A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Hindi हिंदी (hindī), from Classical Persian هِنْدِی (hindī). By surface analysis, Hind + -i. Distant doublet of Sindhi.

adj/hɪnˈðiː/UK/ˈhɪndiː/US/ɦɪn̪.d̪iː/India, South-Asia
  1. In or relating to the Hindi language.

    not-comparable
  2. Indian

    historical · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Hindi हिंदी (hindī), from Classical Persian هِنْدِی (hindī). By surface analysis, Hind + -i. Distant doublet of Sindhi.

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  1. A barangay of Bacacay, Albay, Philippines.

Where this word comes from

Likely derived from Tagalog or Central Bikol.

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