هندی

See also: ہندی and هندي

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy).

Noun

هندی • (hindi)

  1. Indian
  2. Hindu
  3. turkey; turkey hen
    Synonym: (Persian) پیلمرغ (pil-mürğ, literally “elephant bird”)

Derived terms
  • بابا هندی (baba hindi, “turkeycock”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: hindi
  • → Armenian: հինտի (hinti)

References

Persian

Etymology

Probably from Arabic هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy), analysable within Persian as هند (hend) +‎ ـی (-i). Compare native هندو (hendu).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hɪn̪.d̪íː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪn̪.d̪íː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔin̪.d̪í]

Readings
Classical reading? hindī
Dari reading? hindī
Iranian reading? hendi
Tajik reading? hindī

Noun
Dari هندی
Iranian Persian
Tajik Ҳиндӣ

هندی • (hendi) (plural هندیان (hendiyân) or هندی‌ها (hendi-hâ) or هنود (honud))

  1. Indian (a person from India)
    Synonyms: (dated) هندو (hendu), (archaic) هندوی (hendavi)
  2. (archaic) Indian; Native American
    Synonym: سرخ‌پوست (sorx-pust)

Adjective

هندی • (hendi)

  1. Indian
    Synonyms: (dated) هندو (hendu), (archaic) هندوی (hendavi)

Proper noun

هندی • (hendi)

  1. Hindi (language)
  2. (archaic) Used to refer to any indigenous Indian language depending on context, e.g. Bengali in Bengal, Telugu in the Deccan sultanates, etc.
    Synonym: هندوی (hendavi)
  3. Indus (constellation)
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