Hindi

Meanings

Proper Noun

• Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language.
• 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.
• All the lects in the Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.

Adjective

• In or relating to the Hindi language.

Origin

• From Persian هندی, from هند, from Sanskrit सिन्धु + Persian adjectival suffix ی.