Hindi

Definitions

1. Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language, which is based on Khariboli.
2. A barangay of Bacacay, Albay, Philippines.
3. 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.
4. All the lects in the Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.
5. A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“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).”

“‘teġh kī hindī agar talvār hai, fārsī pagḌī kī bhī dastār hai.’”

Teg of Hindi is Talwar; Pagri in Persian is called Dastar

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