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Hindi

UK/hɪnˈðiː/ US/ˈhɪndiː/ fairly common
adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

1.

of or relating to or supporting Hinduism

  • “the Hindu faith”
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noun

1.

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

Origin

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

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