هندی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy).
Noun
هندی • (hindi)
Derived terms
- بابا هندی (baba hindi, “turkeycock”)
Descendants
- Turkish: hindi
- → Armenian: հինտի (hinti)
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “هندی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1329
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “هندی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2172
Persian
Etymology
Probably from Arabic هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy). By surface analysis, هند (hend, “India”) + ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives). Compare native هندو (hendu).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /hin.ˈdiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hɪn̪.d̪íː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hen̪.d̪íː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [hin̪.d̪í]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | hindī |
| Dari reading? | hindī |
| Iranian reading? | hendi |
| Tajik reading? | hindi |
Adjective
هندی • (hendi)
Noun
| Dari | هندی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Ҳиндӣ |
هندی • (hendi) (plural هندیان (hendiyân), or هندیها (hendi-hâ), or هنود (honud))
- Indian (a person from India)
- Synonyms: (dated) هندو (hendu), (archaic) هندوی (hendavi)
- (archaic) Indian; Native American
- Synonym: سرخپوست (sorx-pust)
Proper noun
هندی • (hendi)