هندی

هندی

See also: ہندی‎ and هندي‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic هِنْدِيّ‎ (hindiyy).

Noun

هندی • (hindi)

1. Indian
2. Hindu
3. turkey; turkey hen

   Synonym: (Persian) پیلمرغ‎ (pil-mürğ, literally “elephant bird”)

Derived terms

• بابا هندی‎ (baba hindi, “turkeycock”)

Descendants

• Turkish: hindi
• → Armenian: հինտի (hinti)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “هندی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1329
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “هندی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2172

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Persian

Etymology

Probably from Arabic هِنْدِيّ‎ (hindiyy), analysable within Persian as هند‎ (hend) +‎ ـی‎ (-i). Compare native هندو‎ (hendu).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hindiː/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /hɪndiː/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /hendiː/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /hindi/

Noun

هندی • (hendi) (plural هندیان‎ (hendiyân) or هندی‌ها‎ (hendi-hâ) or هنود‎ (honud))

1. Indian (a person from India)

   Synonyms: (dated) هندو‎ (hendu), (archaic) هندوی‎ (hendavi)

2. (archaic) Indian; Native American

   Synonym: سرخ‌پوست‎ (sorx-pust)

Adjective

هندی • (hendi)

1. Indian

   Synonyms: (dated) هندو‎ (hendu), (archaic) هندوی‎ (hendavi)

Proper noun

هندی • (Hendi)

1. Hindi (language)
2. (archaic) Used to refer to any indigenous Indian language depending on context, e.g. Bengali in Bengal, Telugu in the Deccan sultanates, etc.

   Synonym: هندوی‎ (hendavi)

3. Indus (constellation)