Hindi
//hɪn.d̪i// adj, name
adj, name ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 the 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 wordnet
Adjective
- 1 In or relating to the Hindi language. not-comparable
- 2 Indian historical, not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to or supporting Hinduism wordnet
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)."
- 2 A barangay of Bacacay, Albay, Philippines.
- 3 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.
- 4 All the lects in the Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.
- 5 A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani. obsolete
"‘teġh kī hindī agar talvār hai, fārsī pagḌī kī bhī dastār hai.’"
Example
More examples"In India many girls are named "Nakusa" or "Nakushi", which in Hindi means "unwanted"."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Hindi हिंदी (hindī), from Classical Persian هِنْدِی (hindī). By surface analysis, Hind + -i.
Etymology 2
Likely derived from Tagalog or Bikol Central.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.