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The definition of Hindi is related to North Indian or the Hindu religion.

(adjective)

An example of something Hindi is clothing traditionally worn in North Indian.

Hindi is defined as the major language in India.

(noun)

An example of a word in Hindi is कोड़ा.

See Hindi in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of or associated with N India
of Hindi

Origin: Hindi hindī < Hind: see Hindu

noun

an Indo-Aryan language, the main language of India, now designated the official language

See Hindi in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A group of vernacular Indic dialects spoken in northern India.
The literary and official language of northern India that is based on these dialects. It is written in Devanagari and uses Sanskrit as a resource language.

Origin:

Origin: Hindi Hindī

Origin: , from Hind, India

Origin: , from Persian

Origin: , from Old Persian Hinduš, Sind

Origin: , from Sanskrit sindhuḥ, river

Related Forms:

Hinˈdi adjective

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