हिंदी

• हिन्दी (hindī)

Borrowed from Classical Persian هندی (hindī). Equal to हिंद (hind, “India”) +‎ -ई (-ī, suffix showing relatedness).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪn.d̪iː/, [ɦɪ̃n̪.d̪iː]
• Rhymes: -ɪnd̪iː

हिंदी • (hindī) f (Urdu spelling ہندی)

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

   क्या आप हिन्दी बोल सकते हैं?

   kyā āp hindī bol sakte ha͠i?

   Can you speak Hindi?

   हिन्दी देवनागरी लिपि में लिखी जाती है।

   hindī devnāgrī lipi mẽ likhī jātī hai.

   Hindi is written in the Devanagari script.

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. (linguistics) All the lects in the Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.
4. (historical) A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.

हिंदी • (hindī) m (Urdu spelling ہندی)

1. (dated) an Indian; a person of India

   Synonyms: भारतीय (bhārtīya), हिंदुस्तानी (hindustānī)

   हिंदी हैं हम! ― hindī ha͠i ham! ― We are Indians!

हिंदी • (hindī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ہندی)

1. (dated) Indian

   Synonyms: भारतीय (bhārtīya), हिंदुस्तानी (hindustānī)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हिंदी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हिंदी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “हिंदी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Borrowed from Classical Persian هندی (hindī).

• IPA^(key): /ɦin.d̪i/, [ɦin.d̪iː]

हिंदी • (hindī) f

1. Hindi (language)

• Berntsen, Maxine, “हिंदी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.