Definition of Hindi

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Hindi
n. official language of northern India
adj. of or pertaining to Hinduism; of the official language of India

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Hindi Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hindi
(n.)
The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindoos. In employs the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written.
  

WordNet 2.0
Hindi
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
(hypernym) Sanskrit, Sanskritic language
(hyponym) Hindustani, Hindoostani, Hindostani
Adjective
1. of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; "the Hindu faith"
(synonym) Hindu, Hindoo
(pertainym) Hinduism, Hindooism

hEnglish - advanced version
hindi
hindi
\hin"di\ (?), n. [prop. a per. adj. meaning, indian, hindoo.] the name given by europeans to that form of the hindustani language which is chiefly spoken by native hindoos. in employs the devanagari character, in which sanskrit is written.

JM Languages
HINDI
Hindi is the second most spoken language in India, mainly in the north, and is also spoken in parts of Nepal.
The language is: Hindi

FIJIAN HINDI
Fijian Hindi is a simplified form of the Hindi language spoken in Fiji.
The language is: Fijian Hindi


Hindi Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Hindi
See Khariboli for "Hindi" as defined by SIL International.
Hindi (, Devanagari: or , IAST: , ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the two central official languages of India, the other being English. It is part of a language continuum of the Indic family, bounded on the northwest and west by Punjabi, Sindhi, and Gujarati; on the south by Marathi and Konkani; on the southeast by Oriya; on the east by Bengali; and on the north by Nepali. It is also bordered to the south by the non-Indo-Aryan Kannada.

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