Hindi

See also: hindi, hindí, híndi, and hindî

English

Etymology 1

From Classical Persian هِنْدِی (hindī), from هِنْد (hind, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu) + Persian adjectival suffix ـِی (-ī). Not from Iranian Persian هند (hend).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hĭn'di, IPA^(key): /ˈhɪndi/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪndi

Proper noun

Hindi

2. Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language, which is based on Khariboli.
3. 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.
4. (linguistics) All the lects in the Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.
5. (historical) A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.

Translations

language

• Afrikaans: Hindi (af)
• Amharic: ሕንድኛ (ḥəndəña)
• Arabic: هِنْدِيَّة (ar) f (hindiyya), هِنْدِيّ m (hindiyy)

  Gulf Arabic: هندي m (hindi)

• Armenian: հինդի (hy) (hindi), հնդկերեն (hy) (hndkeren)
• Assamese: হিন্দী (hindi)
• Asturian: hindi (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: hind (az)
• Basque: hindi (eu)
• Belarusian: хі́ндзі m (xíndzi)
• Bengali: হিন্দি (bn) (hindi)
• Breton: hindeg
• Bulgarian: хи́нди m (híndi)
• Burmese: ဟိန္ဒီ (my) (hindi)
• Catalan: hindi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 印地語／印地语 (zh) (yìndìyǔ), 印地文 (yìndìwén)

• Corsican: hindi (co) m
• Czech: hindština (cs) f
• Danish: hindi (da)
• Dhivehi: ހިންދީ (dv) (hin̊dī)
• Dutch: Hindi (nl) n
• Esperanto: hinda
• Estonian: hindi keel
• Faroese: hindi n
• Fiji Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Fijian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: hindi (fi)
• French: hindî (fr)
• Galician: hindi (gl) m
• Georgian: ჰინდი (hindi), ჰინდი ენა (hindi ena)
• German: Hindi (de) n
• Greek: χίντι (el) (chínti)
• Gujarati: હિન્દી (hindī)
• Hebrew: הִינְדִּית f (hindít)
• Hindi: हिंदी (hi) f (hindī), हिन्दी (hi) f (hindī), हिंदी भाषा f (hindī bhāṣā), हिन्दी भाषा f (hindī bhāṣā)
• Hungarian: hindi (hu)
• Icelandic: hindí (is)
• Indonesian: Hindi (id), bahasa Hindi
• Irish: Hiondúis f
• Italian: hindi (it) m
• Japanese: ヒンディー語 (ja) (ヒンディーご, hindīgo)
• Kannada: ಹಿಂದಿ (kn) (hindi)
• Khmer: ហិណ្ឌី (km) (həndii)
• Korean: 힌디어 (ko) (hindieo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: hindî (ku), zimanê hindî

• Lao: ພາສາຮິນດູ (phā sā hin dū)
• Latin: hindice
• Latvian: hindi (lv)
• Lithuanian: hindi (lt)
• Malay: Hindi, bahasa Hindi
• Malayalam: ഹിന്ദി (ml) (hindi)
• Maltese: Ħindi
• Marathi: हिन्दी (hindī)
• Moksha: хинди (hińďi)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хинди (xindi), хинди хэл (xindi xel)

• Navajo: Híndoo bizaad
• Nepali: हिन्दी (ne) (hindī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hindi (no) m or n

  Nynorsk: hindi m

• Occitan: indi (oc)
• Odia: ହିନ୍ଦୀ (hindi)
• Pashto: هندي (hendi)
• Persian: هِنْدی (fa) (hendi)
• Polish: hindi (pl) n
• Portuguese: hindi (pt)
• Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦੀ (hindī)
• Romanian: hindusă (ro)
• Russian: хи́нди (ru) m (xíndi)
• Sanskrit: हिन्दीभाषा f (hindībhāṣā)
• Santali: ᱦᱤᱱᱫᱤ (hindi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хинди m

  Roman: hindi m

• Sindhi: ھِندِي
• Sinhalese: හින්දි (si) (hindi), හින්දි භාෂාව (hindi bhāṣāwa)
• Slovak: hindský, hindčina f
• Slovene: hindijščina f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: hindišćina f

  Upper Sorbian: hindišćina (hsb) f

• Spanish: hindi (es) m
• Swahili: Kihindi (sw)
• Swedish: hindi (sv)
• Tajik: забони ҳиндӣ (zabon-i hindi), ҳиндӣ (tg) (hindi)
• Tamil: ஹிந்தி (ta) (hinti), இந்தி (ta) (inti)
• Tatar: хинди (xindi)
• Telugu: హిందీ (te) (hindī), హిందీ భాష (hindī bhāṣa)
• Thai: ภาษาฮินดู (paa-sǎa hin-duu), ภาษาฮินดี (th) (paa-sǎa hin-dii)
• Turkish: Hintçe (tr)
• Ukrainian: хі́нді (uk) m (xíndi), гі́нді (uk) m (híndi)
• Urdu: ہِنْدی (ur) f (hindī)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Hin-đi (vi), tiếng Ấn Độ
• Volapük: hindiy (vo)
• Walloon: hindi
• Welsh: hindi (cy)
• West Frisian: Hindy
• Xhosa: isiHindi
• Zulu: isiHindi

Adjective

Hindi (not comparable)

1. In or relating to the Hindi language.
   • 1988, Kaali Das Gupta Raza, Deewan-e-Ghalib, Sakar Publishers Private Limited, page 460:

     ‘teġh kī hindī agar talvār hai, fārsī pagḌī kī bhī dastār hai.’

2. (historical) Indian<ref>Henry Yule (1903) “Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive”, in dsal.uchicago.edu‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 December 2023</ref>

Translations

relating to the Hindi language

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хиндски m

  Roman: hindski m

See also

• Hindu
• Hindustani, Hindi-Urdu
• Urdu
• Wiktionary's coverage of Hindi terms

Etymology 2

Likely derived from Tagalog or Bikol Central.

Proper noun

Hindi

1. A barangay of Bacacay, Albay, Philippines

   Coordinate terms: Baclayon, Banao, Bariw, Basud, Bayandong, Bonga, Buang, Busdac, Cabasan, Cagbulacao, Cagraray, Cajogutan, Cawayan, Damacan, Gubat Ilawod, Gubat, Iraya, Hindi, Igang, Langaton, Manaet, Mapulang Daga, Mataas, Misibis, Nahapunan, Namanday, Namantao, Napao, Panarayon, Pigcobohan, Pili Ilawod, Pili Iraya, Barangay 1, Barangay 2, Barangay 3, Barangay 4, Barangay 5, Barangay 6, Barangay 7, Barangay 8, Barangay 9, Barangay 10, Barangay 11, Barangay 12, Barangay 13, Barangay 14, Pongco, San Pablo, San Pedro, Sogod, Sula, Tambilagao, Tambongon, Tanagan, Uson, Vinisitahan-Basud, Vinisitahan-Napao — barangays of Bacacay

References

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Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code hi, ISO 639-3 code hin (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Hindi, hin ⁠

Bikol Central

Proper noun

Hindi

1. a barangay in Bacacay, Albay in the Philippines.

   Nag-iistar ako sa Brgy. Hindi sa Bacacay, Albay.

   I lived in Brgy. Hindi in Bacacay, Albay.

2. Hindi or Hindustani (language)

   Hindi an pambanwang tataramon kan Indiya.

   Hindi is the national language of India.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɪn.di/

Proper noun

Hindi n

1. Hindi (language)

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪndiː/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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Proper noun

Hindi n (proper noun, strong, genitive Hindi or Hindis)

1. the Hindi language

Noun

Hindi m (strong, genitive Hindi or Hindis, plural Hindi or Hindis)

1. Hindi speaker (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Hindi [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hindi	die	Hindi, Hindis
genitive	eines	des	Hindi, Hindis	der	Hindi, Hindis
dative	einem	dem	Hindi	den	Hindi, Hindis
accusative	einen	den	Hindi	die	Hindi, Hindis

Noun

Hindi f (genitive Hindi, plural Hindi or Hindis)

1. female Hindi speaker

Declension

Declension of Hindi [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hindi	die	Hindi, Hindis
genitive	einer	der	Hindi	der	Hindi, Hindis
dative	einer	der	Hindi	den	Hindi, Hindis
accusative	eine	die	Hindi	die	Hindi, Hindis

Further reading

• “Hindi” in Duden online
• “Hindi” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Hindi

1. Alternative form of Uhindi: India (a country in South Asia)