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ഹിന്ദി

hindi /hin̪d̪i/

Meaning in English

A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.

proper noun · സംജ്ഞാനാമം

Definition

Meaning and examples

  1. Modern Standard Hindi: a khariboli based tongue which happens to be standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language.

  2. 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.

  3. All the lects in the Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.

  4. A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi हिंदी (hindī).

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