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Appendix:Variations of "hindi"
English
Etymology 1
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+ languages
+ language (+ belt)
hi
en hi हिंदी, from en fa-cls هِنْدِی. en Hind -i. Distant en 1 Sindhi.
Pronunciation
hĭn-thi', en /hɪnˈðiː/ UK
hĭn'di, en /ˈhɪndiː/ US
en /ɦɪn̪.d̪iː/ Indic,India
en en-us-Hindi.ogg
en ɪndi 2
Proper noun
en Q1568 Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language, which is based on Khariboli.
en Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse w:Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/12/nick-farmer-knows-dozens-of-languages-so-he-invented-one-for-the-expanse/ 2019-12-22 Farmer gave us the backstory on several of the words he’s invented, including “well walla,” a mix of English and Hindi. Well walla is a disparaging term for a Belter who acts like an Earther (well is for the “gravity well” of Earth, and walla means person in Hindi). https://web.archive.org/web/20260824171700/https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/12/nick-farmer-knows-dozens-of-languages-so-he-invented-one-for-the-expanse/ 24 August 2026
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.
en linguistics All the lects in the Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.
en obsolete A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.
en 1988 Kaali Das Gupta Raza Deewan-e-Ghalib Sakar Publishers Private Limited 460 ‘teġh kī hindī agar talvār hai, fārsī pagḌī kī bhī dastār hai.’ Tegh of Hindi is Talwar; Pagri in Persian is called Dastar.
Translations
language
Afrikaans: af Hindi
Amharic: am ሕንድኛ
Arabic: ar هِنْدِيَّة f, ar هِنْدِيّ m
Gulf Arabic: afb هندي m hindi
Armenian: hy հինդի, hy հնդկերեն
Assamese: as হিন্দী
Asturian: ast hindi m
Azerbaijani: az hind
Basque: eu hindi
Belarusian: be хі́ндзі m
Bengali: bn হিন্দি
Breton: br hindeg
Bulgarian: bg хи́нди m
Burmese: my ဟိန္ဒီ
Catalan: ca hindi m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 印地語, cmn 印地文
Corsican: co hindi m
Czech: cs hindština f
Danish: da hindi
Dhivehi: dv ހިންދީ
Dutch: nl Hindi n
Esperanto: eo hinda
Estonian: et hindi keel
Faroese: fo hindi n
Fijian: fj
Fiji Hindi: hif
Finnish: fi hindi
French: fr hindî m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Hindy
Galician: gl hindi m
Georgian: ka ჰინდი, ka ჰინდი ენა
German: de Hindi n
Greek: el χίντι
Gujarati: gu હિન્દી f
Hebrew: he הִינְדִּית f hindít
Hindi: hi हिंदी f, hi हिन्दी f, hi हिंदी भाषा f, hi हिन्दी भाषा f
Hungarian: hu hindi
Icelandic: is hindí
Indonesian: id Hindi, id bahasa Hindi
Irish: ga Hiondúis f
Italian: it hindi m
Japanese: ja ヒンディー語 ヒンディーご, hindī-go
Kannada: kn ಹಿಂದಿ
Khmer: km ហិណ្ឌី
Korean: ko 힌디어
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr zimanê hindî, kmr hindî
Lao: lo ພາສາຮິນດູ phā sā hin dū
Latin: la hindice
Latvian: lv hindi
Lithuanian: lt hindi
Malay: ms Hindi, ms bahasa Hindi
Malayalam: ml ഹിന്ദി
Maltese: mt Ħindi
Marathi: mr हिन्दी
Moksha: mdf хинди
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn хинди, mn хинди хэл
Navajo: nv Híndoo bizaad
Nepali: ne हिन्दी
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb hindi m n
Nynorsk: nn hindi m
Occitan: oc indi
Odia: or ହିନ୍ଦୀ
Pashto: ps هندي hendi
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira زَبانِ هِنْدی, fa-ira هِنْدی
Polish: pl hindi n
Portuguese: pt hindi
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: pa ਹਿੰਦੀ f
Shahmukhi: pnb ہِنْدی f
Romanian: ro hindusă
Russian: ru хи́нди m
Sanskrit: sa हिन्दी f
Santali: sat ᱦᱤᱱᱫᱤ
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh хинди m
Latin: sh hindi m
Sindhi: sd ھندي ھِندِي
Sinhalese: si හින්දි, si හින්දි භාෂාව
Slovak: sk hindský, sk hindčina f
Slovene: sl hindijščina f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb hindišćina f
Upper Sorbian: hsb hindišćina f
Spanish: es hindi m
Swahili: sw Kihindi
Swedish: sv hindi
Tagalog: tl wikang Hindi
Tajik: tg забони ҳиндӣ, tg ҳиндӣ
Tamil: ta இந்தி, ta ஹிந்தி
Tatar: tt хинди
Telugu: te హిందీ, te హిందీ భాష
Thai: th ภาษาฮินดี paa-sǎa hin-dii, th ภาษาฮินดู paa-sǎa hin-duu
Turkish: tr Hintçe
Ukrainian: uk хі́нді m, uk гі́нді m
Urdu: ur ہِنْدی زَبان f, ur ہِنْدی f
Vietnamese: vi tiếng Hin-đi, vi tiếng Ấn Độ
Volapük: vo hindiy
Walloon: wa hindi
Welsh: cy hindi
Xhosa: xh isiHindi
Zulu: zu isiHindi
Adjective
-
In or relating to the Hindi language.
en historical Indianhttps://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app_test/hobsonjobson_query.py?qs=HINDOO&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive dsal.uchicago.edu 1903 2023-12-19 Henry Yule https://web.archive.org/web/20261018151836/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app_test/hobsonjobson_query.py?qs=HINDOO&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact 18 October 2026
Translations
relating to the Hindi language
Arabic: ar هِنْدِيّ
Czech: cs hindský
Hindi: hi हिंदी f, hi हिन्दी f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh хиндски m
Latin: sh hindski m
Slovak: sk hindský
Derived terms
en Hindiness Hindish Hindlish Hinglish
Related terms
en Hindu
en Hindustani, en Hindi-Urdu
See also
hi
en Urdu
Etymology 2
Likely en tl - 1 or en bcl -.
Proper noun
en barangay mun/Bacacay p/Albay c/Philippines.
en barangays of Bacacay Baclayon Banao Bariw Basud Bayandong Bonga Buang Busdac Cabasan Cagbulacao Cagraray Cajogutan Cawayan Damacan Gubat Ilawod Gubat Iraya Hindi Igang Langaton Manaet Mapulang Daga Mataas Misibis Nahapunan Namanday Namantao Napao Panarayon Pigcobohan Pili Ilawod Pili Iraya Barangay 1 Barangay 2 Barangay 3 Barangay 4 Barangay 5 Barangay 6 Barangay 7 Barangay 8 Barangay 9 Barangay 10 Barangay 11 Barangay 12 Barangay 13 Barangay 14 Pongco San Pablo San Pedro Sogod Sula Tambilagao Tambongon Tanagan Uson Vinisitahan-Basud Vinisitahan-Napao
References
Further reading
1 hi hin
hin
en Languages
Central Bikol
Pronunciation
Híndi
Proper noun
a barangay in Bacacay, Albay in the Philippines.
bcl Nakaistar ako sa Brgy. Hindi sa Bacacay, Albay. I live in Brgy. Hindi in Bacacay, Albay.
Hindi or Hindustani (language)
bcl Hindi an pambanwang tataramon kan Indya. Hindi is the national language of India.
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Hindi.ogg
nl /ˈɦɪn.di/
Proper noun
n
en Hindi language
nl Languages
German
de:
Etymology
Ultimately from de sa सिन्धु.
Pronunciation
de /ˈhɪndiː/
de De-Hindi.ogg
de De-Hindi2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
n,-:s
the Hindi language
Noun
m,-:s,-:s
Hindi speaker male or of unspecified gender
Declension
m,-:s,-:s
Noun
f,-:s
female Hindi speaker
Declension
f,-:s
Further reading
de Languages
Swahili
Pronunciation
sw Sw-ke-Hindi.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
sw Uhindi: sw India Q668