Hindi

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hindi \Hin"di\, n. [Prop. a Per. adj. meaning, Indian, Hindoo.]
     The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani
     language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindus. In employs
     the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written.
     --Whitworth.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hindi
       adj : of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; "the Hindu faith"
             [syn: {Hindu}, {Hindoo}]
       n : the most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken
           mostly in the north of India; along with English it is
           the official language of India; usually written in
           Devanagari script