Deccani
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Deccani دکنی (compare Hindi दक्खिनी (dakkhinī)).
Adjective[edit]
Deccani (not comparable)
- Of, belonging, or relating to the Deccan.
Noun[edit]
Deccani (plural Deccanis or Deccani)
- An inhabitant of the Deccan.
Proper noun[edit]
Deccani
- The dialect of Hindustani spoken by such people.
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell (1886) Hobson-Jobson Being a Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms; Etymological, Historical, Geographical, and Discursive, London: John Murray, pages 233–4