இந்தி

See also: இந்து

Tamil

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi हिन्दी (hindī).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪn̪d̪ɪ/, [ɪn̪d̪i]

Adjective

இந்தி • (inti)

  1. Of, or relating to the Hindi language
  2. (obsolete) belonging or relating to India, anything Indian

Proper noun

இந்தி • (inti)

  1. Hindi (modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language, which is based on Khariboli)
  2. 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.
  3. (linguistics) All the lects in the Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.
  4. (historical) A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.

Noun

இந்தி • (inti)

  1. (historical) an Indian[1]
  2. a kind of Indian agarwood
  3. a sword of Indian steel[2]
  4. (figuratively) a sword-blow.

References

  1. ^ Henry Yule (1903) “Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive”, in dsal.uchicago.edu‎[1], archived from the original on 19 December 2023
  2. ^ “Meaning of Hindi in English”, in Rekhta Dictionary‎[2], 12 September 2023 (last accessed), archived from the original on 13 September 2023
  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “இந்தி”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
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