Hindi

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UK/hɪnˈðiː/US/ˈhɪndiː/India, South Asia/ɦɪn̪.d̪iː/

proper noun

Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language, which is based on Khariboli.

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HinduHindooHindi language
OriginHindi हिंदी ← Classical Persian هِنْدِی →
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Meanings

Hindi1

proper noun
  1. Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language, which is based on Khariboli.

    Farmer gave us the backstory on several of the words he’s invented, including “well walla,” a mix of English and Hindi. Well walla is a disparaging term for a Belter who acts like an Earther (well is for the “gravity well” of Earth, and walla means person in Hindi).

    2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica
  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. human sciencesAll the lects in the Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.
  4. obsoleteA dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.

    ‘teġh kī hindī agar talvār hai, fārsī pagḌī kī bhī dastār hai.’

    Tegh of Hindi is Talwar; Pagri in Persian is called Dastar.

    1988, Kaali Das Gupta Raza, Deewan-e-Ghalib, Sakar Publishers Private Limited, page 460
adjectiveHindi (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn or relating to the Hindi language.
  2. historicalnot comparableIndian

Hindi2

proper noun
  1. A barangay of Bacacay, Albay, Philippines.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof or relating to or supporting Hinduism

Similar
HinduHindoo

nounthe most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken mostly in the north of India; along with English it is one of the main official languages of India; usually written in Devanagari script

Similar
Hindi language
Broader
HindustaniHindoostaniHindostani
Also see
hindoohinduurdu

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Hindi · proper noun, adjective

  1. Classical Persianهِنْدِی
  2. Hindiहिंदी
  3. EnglishHindi

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

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Hindi · proper noun

Likely derived from Tagalog or Central Bikol.

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Translations

Afrikaans Hindi
  • Hindilanguage
Arabic هِنْدِيَّة, هِنْدِيّ
  • هِنْدِيَّة (hindiyya)language
  • هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy)language
  • هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy)relating to the Hindi language
Basque hindi
  • hindilanguage
Bengali হিন্দি
  • হিন্দি (hindi)language
Bulgarian хи́нди
  • хи́нди (híndi)language
Catalan hindi
  • hindilanguage
Chinese Mandarin 印地語 /印地语, 印地文
  • 印地語 /印地语 (yìndìyǔ)language
  • 印地文 (yìndìwén)language
Czech hindština, hindský
  • hindštinalanguage
  • hindskýrelating to the Hindi language
Danish hindi
  • hindilanguage
Dutch Hindi
  • Hindilanguage
Esperanto hinda
  • hindalanguage
Estonian hindi keel
  • hindi keellanguage
Finnish hindi
  • hindilanguage
French hindî
  • hindîlanguage
German Hindi
  • Hindilanguage
Greek χίντι
  • χίντι (chínti)language
Hebrew הִינְדִּית
  • הִינְדִּית (hindít)language
Hindi हिंदी, हिन्दी
  • हिंदी (hindī)language
  • हिन्दी (hindī)language
  • हिंदी भाषा (hindī bhāṣā)language
  • हिन्दी भाषा (hindī bhāṣā)language
Hungarian hindi
  • hindilanguage
Icelandic hindí
  • hindílanguage
Indonesian Hindi, bahasa Hindi
  • Hindilanguage
  • bahasa Hindilanguage
Irish Hiondúis
  • Hiondúislanguage
Italian hindi
  • hindilanguage
Japanese ヒンディー語
  • ヒンディー語 (hindī-go)language
Korean 힌디어
  • 힌디어 (hindieo)language
Latin hindice
  • hindicelanguage
Latvian hindi
  • hindilanguage
Lithuanian hindi
  • hindilanguage
Malay Hindi, bahasa Hindi
  • Hindilanguage
  • bahasa Hindilanguage
Norwegian Bokmål hindi
  • hindilanguage
Polish hindi
  • hindilanguage
Portuguese hindi
  • hindilanguage
Punjabi ਹਿੰਦੀ
  • ਹਿੰਦੀ (hindī)language
Romanian hindusă
  • hindusălanguage
Russian хи́нди
  • хи́нди (xíndi)language
Slovak hindský, hindčina
  • hindskýlanguage
  • hindčinalanguage
  • hindskýrelating to the Hindi language
Spanish hindi
  • hindilanguage
Swahili Kihindi
  • Kihindilanguage
Swedish hindi
  • hindilanguage
Tagalog wikang Hindi
  • wikang Hindilanguage
Tamil இந்தி, ஹிந்தி
  • இந்தி (inti)language
  • ஹிந்தி (hinti)language
Thai ภาษาฮินดี, ภาษาฮินดู
  • ภาษาฮินดี (paa-sǎa hin-dii)language
  • ภาษาฮินดู (paa-sǎa hin-duu)language
Turkish Hintçe
  • Hintçelanguage
Ukrainian хі́нді, гі́нді
  • хі́нді (xíndi)language
  • гі́нді (híndi)language
Urdu ہِنْدی زَبان, ہِنْدی
  • ہِنْدی زَبان (hindī zabān)language
  • ہِنْدی (hindī)language
Vietnamese tiếng Hin-đi, tiếng Ấn Độ
  • tiếng Hin-đilanguage
  • tiếng Ấn Độlanguage
Welsh hindi
  • hindilanguage
Zulu isiHindi
  • isiHindilanguage

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Hindi

indieindywindymindySindhibindifindyJindykindie
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Anagrams

Nidhi
Cite this entry
APA

Hindi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hindi

MLA

“Hindi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hindi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hindi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hindi.

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