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Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Meaning of "Hindi" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HINDI

From Hindi hindī, from Hind India, from Old Persian Hindu the river Indus.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HINDI

Hindi  [ˈhɪndɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HINDI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hindi is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HINDI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hindi

Hindi

Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, is a standardised and Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language. Hindustani is the native language of most people living in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. Modern Standard Hindi is one of the official languages of India. Hindi is the fourth-most-widely spoken language in the world, but this includes not only Hindu speakers of Hindustani, but also people who identify as native speakers of related languages who consider their speech to be a dialect of Hindi, the Hindi belt. In the 2001 Indian census, 258 million people in India reported Hindi to be their native language; as of 2009, the best figure Ethnologue could find for speakers of actual Hindustani Hindi was 180 million in 1991.

Definition of Hindi in the English dictionary

The definition of Hindi in the dictionary is a formal literary dialect of this language, the official language of India, usually written in Nagari script. Other definition of Hindi is a person whose native language is Hindi.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HINDI


bhindi
ˈbɪndɪ
bindhi
ˈbɪndɪ
bindi
ˈbɪndɪ
indie
ˈɪndɪ
kindie
ˈkɪndɪ
kindy
ˈkɪndɪ
lindy
ˈlɪndɪ
Rawalpindi
rɔːlˈpɪndɪ
rindy
ˈraɪndɪ
shindy
ˈʃɪndɪ
Sindhi
ˈsɪndɪ
windy
ˈwɪndɪ
yindie
ˈjɪndɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HINDI

Hindoo
Hindooism
Hindoostani
Hindostani
hindquarter
hindquarters
hindrance
hindshank
hindsight
Hindu

WORDS THAT END LIKE HINDI

barramundi
Bondi
Burundi
effendi
fundi
Gassendi
jaborandi
Kirundi
locus standi
mandi
mehndi
modus operandi
modus vivendi
Ruanda-Urundi
salmagundi
secondi
Sekondi
tondi
Ulundi
Urundi

Synonyms and antonyms of Hindi in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Hindi» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HINDI

Find out the translation of Hindi to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Hindi from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Hindi» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

印地文
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Hindi
570 millions of speakers

English

Hindi
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हिन्दी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهندية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Хинди
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Hindi
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হিন্দি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hindi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hindi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hindi
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヒンディー語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

힌디어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bahasa Inggris
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Tiếng Hin-ddi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இந்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिंदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hintçe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hindi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hindi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хінді
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hindi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Hindi
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hindi
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Hindi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hindi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Hindi

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HINDI»

The term «Hindi» is very widely used and occupies the 3.499 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Hindi
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Hindi».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HINDI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Hindi» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Hindi» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Hindi

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10 QUOTES WITH «HINDI»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Hindi.
1
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it Tamil or Bengali. Those experiences too are different from the ones in Bombay.
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Kabir Bedi
You see, I have many friends in the Hindi film industry.
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Kabir Bedi
I am going to produce a movie of my own. I am not going to stick to the time-tested formulae of Hindi cinema. I want to make a film for the present generation. So there will be a lot of new faces in the film.
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Mithun Chakraborty
I would say the film world has stopped operating as one. We have divided it into Hindi movies, Bengali movies, Tamil movies and so on. Earlier, there was only one channel and we all knew what was going on. Today, it is hard to keep track of programmes due to the advent of regional channels.
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Mithun Chakraborty
Many Hindi films that are Tamil remakes rake in huge moolah in Bollywood.
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Sanjay Dutt
Kolkata is the relatively unexplored part of India as far as Hindi films are concerned.
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Sanjay Dutt
We're making a commercial Hindi film catering to all types of audiences.
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Shreya Ghoshal
I learnt to sing in Bengali, my mother tongue, then went on to sing in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujarati and every possible Indian language.
9
Shreya Ghoshal
Singing in Hindi is nice but restrictive. Regional languages are more rhythmic, have a different tone and sound, making it more interesting.
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Esha Gupta
I speak Hindi fluently because my mother speaks only in Hindi and Urdu.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HINDI»

Discover the use of Hindi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Hindi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hindi
This comprehensive dictionary features a useful guide to transliteration and is ideal for students or travellers.
Joseph W. Raker, Ramāśaṅkara Śukla, 1995
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Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema
The Encyclopaedia Which Brings Together An Array Of Experts, Gives A Perspective On The Fascinating Journey Of Hindi Cinema From The Turn Of The Last Century To Becoming A Leader In The World Of Celluloid.
Gulazāra, Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee, 2003
3
A Primer of Modern Standard Hindi
Supplemental materials in this book include graded reading passages, a guide to further study in Hindi, and Hindi English glossary.
Michael C. Shapiro, 1989
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Paryavaran Vigyan (Hindi Version)
Prastut pustak paryavaran shiksha ke saath-saath samajik janchetana jagrat karne ke uddeshya se taiyar ki gayee hai.
K L Tiwari, 2009
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Hindi Film Songs and the Cinema
Since their beginnings in the 1930s, Hindi films and film songs have dominated popular culture in South Asia and the diaspora and more recently gained popularity in Russia, the Middle East, parts of Africa, Britain and the US. Anna Morcom ...
Anna Morcom, 2007
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Let's Learn Hindi
This book is unlike any other language book.
Chaytna D. Feinstein, 2004
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Learn Hindi Matras Activity Workbook
This activity workbook teaches the concept of Hindi matras to a student who has become familiar with the basic Devanagari alphabet.
Paridhi Verma, Dinesh Verma, 2010
8
Learn Hindi in 30 Days Through English
Book Dimensions: 21.5x14x1.5 cm
Krishna Gopal Vikal, Amitabh Dhingra, 2006
9
Learn Hindi Grammar Activity Workbook
The focus of this book is on teaching the basics of Hindi grammar through a series of puzzles, activities and games. The goal, as in the other two activity books of the series, is to learn the basic concepts through interesting activities.
Paridhi Verma, Dinesh Verma, 2009
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Hindi Children's Book Sonu's Stories: Level 3 Easy Reader
A collection of bilingual stories for young students comfortable with Hindi script.
Paridhi Verma, Dinesh Verma, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HINDI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Hindi is used in the context of the following news items.
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Foreigner Shames Auto-Driver by Hindi; Video Goes Viral
An auto-wallah in Hyderabad who tried to pull a tapori on a westerner had to quickly mend his ways as she began to belt out popular Hindi ... «International Business Times, India Edition, Jul 15»
2
Groom learns Hindi to surprise his Indian bride with a Bollywood …
“My heart sank when I first heard him sing in Hindi,” bride Simran Malhotra told Huffington Post Canada. "The only thing I was thinking was, ... «9news.com.au, Jul 15»
3
'Baahubali' (Bahubali) Box Office Collection: Hindi Version Fares …
The dubbed Hindi version of "Baahubali - the Beginning" (Bahubali) is doing phenomenal business in India. Instead of falling, the box office ... «International Business Times, India Edition, Jul 15»
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Vedic Vidyalayas catch people's fancy in Hindi belt - The Times of …
Vedic Vidyalayas catch people's fancy in Hindi belt. Kapil DixitKapil Dixit,TNN | Jul 16, 2015, 04.38 AM IST. inShare0. Share on Linkedin. Comments. More ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Two killed in Ulfa attack targeting Hindi-speakers - Hindustan Times
This was the first attack on Hindi-speaking people in the district in eight years.“We have started an investigation into the incident. We are yet to ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
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Sushant Singh Rajput Denies Signing Hindi Remake of The Fault in …
The 29-year-old took to microblogging site Twitter to share that he will not be a part of the Hollywood film's Hindi remake and that he has not ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
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Hindi progressive rock outfit, Coshish - The Hindu
Every once in a while, a band sets out to do something beyond the ordinary and stand out from the rest of the music crowd that largely ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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SwiftKey ropes in nine Indian handset vendors to take on Google Hindi
The SwiftKey app accommodates 22 Indian vernacular languages, including Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and Malayalam. «ETTelecom.com, Jul 15»
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Baahubali box office collection: Prabhas and Rana Daggubati's …
Baahubali box office collection: Prabhas and Rana Daggubati's Hindi version of EPIC war saga rakes Rs 34.55 crore! Wed, July 15, 2015 ... «Bollywood Life, Jul 15»
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the journey of the unwed mother in hindi mainstream … - The Citizen
Twenty years from now, when today's youngsters are mellow and wiser, what will films like Dhool Ka Phool (1959), Aradhana (1969) Julie ... «Google, Jul 15»

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