Hindi

noun Hin·di \ˈhin-(ˌ)dē\

: an official language of India

Full Definition of HINDI

: a literary and official language of northern India

: a complex of Indo-Aryan languages and dialects of northern India for which Hindi is the usual literary language

— Hindi adjective

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Hindi & Urdu hindī, from Hind India, from Persian

First Known Use: 1801

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