Hindi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hindi"

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: hĭn-thi', (UK) IPA^(key): /hɪnˈðiː/
• enPR: hĭn'di, (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪndiː/
• (South Asia, India) IPA^(key): /ɦɪn̪.d̪iː/

  • Audio:

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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.
   • 2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica‎^[2]:

     Farmer gave us the backstory on several of the words he’s invented, including “well walla,” a mix of English and Hindi. Well walla is a disparaging term for a Belter who acts like an Earther (well is for the “gravity well” of Earth, and walla means person in Hindi).

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. (obsolete) A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.
   • 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.’

     Tegh of Hindi is Talwar; Pagri in Persian is called Dastar.

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) m
• 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
• Fijian: please add this translation if you can
• Fiji Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: hindi (fi)
• French: hindî (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Hindy

• Galician: hindi (gl) m
• Georgian: ჰინდი (hindi), ჰინდი ენა (hindi ena)
• German: Hindi (de) n
• Greek: χίντι (el) (chínti)
• Gujarati: હિન્દી f (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, hindī-go)
• Kannada: ಹಿಂದಿ (kn) (hindi)
• Khmer: ហិណ្ឌី (km) (həndii)
• Korean: 힌디어 (ko) (hindieo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: zimanê hindî, hindî (ku)

• 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 (hindi)
• 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:

  Iranian Persian: زَبانِ هِنْدی (zabân-e hendi), هِنْدی (fa) (hendi)

• Polish: hindi (pl) n
• Portuguese: hindi (pt)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਹਿੰਦੀ f (hindī)

  Shahmukhi: ہِنْدی (pnb) f (hindī)

• Romanian: hindusă (ro)
• Russian: хи́нди (ru) m (xíndi)
• Sanskrit: हिन्दी f (hindī)
• Santali: ᱦᱤᱱᱫᱤ (sat) (hindi)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хинди m

  Latin: hindi (sh) m

• Sindhi: ھِندِي (hĩdī)
• 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)
• Tagalog: wikang Hindi
• Tajik: забони ҳиндӣ (zabon-i hindi), ҳиндӣ (tg) (hindi)
• Tamil: இந்தி (ta) (inti), ஹிந்தி (ta) (hinti)
• Tatar: хинди (xindi)
• Telugu: హిందీ (te) (hindī), హిందీ భాష (hindī bhāṣa)
• Thai: ภาษาฮินดี (th) (paa-sǎa hin-dii), ภาษาฮินดู (paa-sǎa hin-duu)
• Turkish: Hintçe (tr)
• Ukrainian: хі́нді (uk) m (xíndi), гі́нді (uk) m (híndi)
• Urdu: ہِنْدی زَبان f (hindī zabān), ہِنْدی (ur) f (hindī)
• Vietnamese: tiếng Hin-đi (vi), tiếng Ấn Độ
• Volapük: hindiy (vo)
• Walloon: hindi
• Welsh: hindi (cy)
• Xhosa: isiHindi
• Zulu: isiHindi

Adjective

Hindi (not comparable)

1. In or relating to the Hindi language.
2. (historical) Indian

Translations

relating to the Hindi language

• Arabic: هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy)
• Czech: hindský
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хиндски m

  Latin: hindski m

• Slovak: hindský

Derived terms

• Hindiness
• Hindish
• Hindlish
• Hinglish

Related terms

• Hindu
• Hindustani, Hindi-Urdu

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hindi terms
• Urdu

Etymology 2

Likely derived from Tagalog or Central Bikol.

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

Further reading

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

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhindi/ [ˈhin̪.d̪i]

Proper noun

Hindi

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

   Nakaistar ako sa Brgy. Hindi sa Bacacay, Albay.

   I live in Brgy. Hindi in Bacacay, Albay.

2. Hindi or Hindustani (language)

   Hindi an pambanwang tataramon kan Indya.

   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 (Germany (Berlin)):

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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^[3] (in German)

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Hindi

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