ಹಿಂದಿ
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Kannada[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian هندی (hindī).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ಹಿಂದಿ • (hindi)
Proper noun[edit]
ಹಿಂದಿ • (hindi)
- Modern Standard Hindi: a khariboli based tongue which happens to be standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language.
- 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.
- (linguistics) All the lects in the Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.
- (historical) A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.
Declension[edit]
Case/Form | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | ಹಿಂದಿಯು (hindiyu) | ಹಿಂದಿಗಳು (hindigaḷu) |
Accusative | ಹಿಂದಿಯನ್ನು (hindiyannu) | ಹಿಂದಿಗಳನ್ನು (hindigaḷannu) |
Instrumental | ಹಿಂದಿಯಿಂದ (hindiyinda) | ಹಿಂದಿಗಳಿಂದ (hindigaḷinda) |
Dative | ಹಿಂದಿಗೆ (hindige) | ಹಿಂದಿಗಳಿಗೆ (hindigaḷige) |
Genitive | ಹಿಂದಿಯ (hindiya) | ಹಿಂದಿಗಳ (hindigaḷa) |
Noun[edit]
ಹಿಂದಿ • (hindi)
- a sword of Indian steel[2]
- (figuratively) a sword-blow.
References[edit]
- ^ Henry Yule (1903) “Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive”, in dsal.uchicago.edu[1], archived from the original on 19 December 2023
- ^ “Meaning of Hindi in English”, in Rekhta Dictionary[2], 2023 September 12 (last accessed), archived from the original on 13 September 2023
Further reading[edit]
- V. Krishna (2019) “ಹಿಂದಿ”, in “Alar” V. Krishna's Kannada → English dictionary