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Hindi

Hindi

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A widely spoken language in northern India usually written in Devanagari script
  • noun
  • /ˈhɪndi/
translation icon : hindi
  • Many people in northern India speak Hindi as their first language.
  • Hindi film
  • Hindi cinema
  • speak Hindi

This groundbreaking groups acronym SEVA means to serve in Hindi.

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Examples

  • I can speak and understand Hindi, but know neither Marathi nor Gujarati.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Books of account were drawn up in Urdu, Hindi, or Gujarati, mostly the latter.

    Academic text (2005)
  • So I speak Hindi and English.

  • And we will even speak Hindi in our videos.

  • The guy is fluent in Hindi because of it.

  • I don't care much for Hindi songs, though some of the words are good.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • In his solemn low voice, what he said in Hindi was this:

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Interviews were conducted in English, Chinese, Tagalog, Hindi, Korean, and Vietnamese.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The Hindi version of the GPWQ and an English version of the Hindi GWPQ are available from the authors.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Costumes in Hindi cinema are traditionally cared for on set by workers known as dressmen.

    Academic text (2006)

Surface Forms

Hindi singular
Hindis plural

Etymology

Hindi comes from Hind, an old name for the land by the Indus river. So Hindi originally meant the language 'of Hind' or simply 'from India', which is why it names the modern language spoken in northern India.