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Meaning of "Hinglish" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HINGLISH

A blend of Hindi + English.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HINGLISH

Hinglish  [ˈhɪŋɡlɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HINGLISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hinglish 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 HINGLISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hinglish

Hinglish is a macaronic language, a hybrid of English and South Asian languages – it is a code-switching variety of these languages whereby they are freely interchanged within a sentence or between sentences. While the name is based on the Hindi language, it does not refer exclusively to Hindi, but "is used in India, with English words blending with Punjabi, and Hindi, and also within British Asian families to enliven standard English." Some examples of Hinglish vocabulary are: ▪ airdash: going somewhere in a hurry ▪ stadium: a bald man with a fringe of hair ▪ pre-pone: the opposite of postpone, to bring something forward in time ▪ co-brother: brother-in-law - Co-brother, to be very precise, is the sister-in-law's husband ▪ Eve teasing: street sexual harassment ▪ glassy: wanting a drink ▪ timepass: a distraction to pass the time ▪ badmash: hooligan This is more commonly seen in urban and semi-urban centers of the Hindi-speaking states of India, but is slowly spreading into rural and remote areas of these states via television, mobile phones and word of mouth, slowly achieving vernacular status.

Definition of Hinglish in the English dictionary

The definition of Hinglish in the dictionary is a variety of English incorporating elements of Hindi.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HINGLISH


blinglish
ˈblɪŋɡlɪʃ
Chinglish
ˈtʃɪŋɡlɪʃ
Denglish
ˈdɛŋɡlɪʃ
English
ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ
Polglish
ˈpəʊlɡlɪʃ
Singlish
ˈsɪŋɡlɪʃ
Spanglish
ˈspæŋɡlɪʃ
tinglish
ˈtɪŋɡlɪʃ
un-English
ʌnˈɪŋɡlɪʃ
Yenglish
ˈjɪŋɡlɪʃ
Yinglish
ˈjɪŋɡlɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HINGLISH

Hindu
Hindu Kush
Hinduism
Hindustan
Hindustani
Hindutva
hindward
hindwing
Hines
hing
hinge
hinge joint
hinged
hinged girder
hingeless
hingelike
hinnied
hinnies
hinny
Hinshelwood

WORDS THAT END LIKE HINGLISH

African-American Vernacular English
American English
basic English
Canadian English
Dalglish
Early English
estuary English
half-English
Japanglish
King´s English
Middle English
Modern English
Old English
Oxford English
pidgin English
publish
queen´s English
Southern British English
Standard English
the English
Wardour Street English

Synonyms and antonyms of Hinglish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Hinglish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HINGLISH

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

Translator English - Chinese

Hinglish
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Hinglish
570 millions of speakers

English

Hinglish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हिंग्लिश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Hinglish
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хинглиш
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Hinglish
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হিংলিশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Hinglish
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hinglish
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hinglish
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Hinglish
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Hinglish
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hinglish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Hinglish
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹிங்கிலிஷ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिंग्लिश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hingilizce
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Hinglish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hinglish
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Хінгліш
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Hinglish
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Hinglish
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Hinglish
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Hinglish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Hinglish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Hinglish

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HINGLISH»

The term «Hinglish» is regularly used and occupies the 75.297 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «Hinglish» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of Hinglish
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Hinglish».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HINGLISH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Hinglish» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Hinglish» 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 Hinglish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HINGLISH»

Discover the use of Hinglish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Hinglish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chutnefying English: The Phenomenon of Hinglish
Chutnefying English: The Phenomenon of Hinglish, the first book on the subject, takes a serious look at this widespread phenomenon of our times which has pervaded every aspect of our daily lives.
Rita Kothari, Rupert Snell, 2011
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The Queen's Hinglish: How to Speak Pukka
Takes a light-hearted look at 'Hinglish', a variety of English combined with elements of Southern Asian languages. This book features the best-loved and familiar terms, such as pukka and chuddies.
Baljinder K. Mahal, 2006
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The Politics of English: South Asia, Southeast Asia and the ...
The journey of Hinglish: From Stardust to Star TV Longbefore it attracted the attention of the western media and academia and made it to the new edition of the Collins English dictionary, Hinglish, “the fusion of Hindi and English words”, was ...
Lionel Wee, Robbie B. H. Goh, Lisa Lim, 2013
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Information Systems for Indian Languages: International ...
So much so that Hindi encoded in Roman and not Devanagari, the official script of the language, has earned a character of its own and has contributed much to what is now being termed as “Hinglish” [2]. The web has a lot of Hindi content ...
Chandan Singh, Gurpreet Singh Lehal, Jyotsna Sengupta, 2011
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Lingua Et Linguistica 1.2
Hinglish: code. switching,. code. mixing. and. indigenization. in. multilingual. environment. Saroj Thakur, National Institute of Technology,Hamirpur , India Kamlesh Dutta, National Institute of Technology,Hamirpur , India Aushima Thakur , ...
Graeme Davis, 2007
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The Upside Down Tree: India's Changing Culture
hinglish. When we needed a break from Sona's cooking, Deborah and I ordered pizza from Dominos. American-style pizza is a growing fad in Uttar Pradesh and large Western pizza chains such as Dominos and Pizza Hut have opened up ...
Richard D. Connerney, 2009
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Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife
As with many societies where there are two dominant languages, English has been mixed with Hindi to get the mixed form called “Hinglish,” which is widely used by educated urban social groups. Hinglish refers to the combination of Hindi and ...
Jonathan H. X. Lee, Kathleen M. Nadeau, 2011
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Contemporary Indian English: Variation and Change
The growing popularity of Hinglish and other mixed forms as an identity-marking expression of a new, modern Indian lifestyle has been linked to the arrival of satellite and cable television in India in the 1990s and the ensuing impact of youth ...
Andreas Sedlatschek, 2009
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Consumer Behaviour: Insights From Indian Market
Most commonly seen in the urban and the semi~ urban locations of India is a tendency of combining English and Hindi words (Hinglish) in a sentence. A recent survey has found that the number of people speaking Hinglish has outnumbered ...
Ramanuj Majumdar, 2010
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Ideas and Variations: Essays, Satire, Criticism, 1973-76
Why not Hinglish! Isn't that the rambunctious patois in which most of our educated young men communicate with one another? Want to hear a sample? It was a telephone conversation between Amul and Anik. Don't know a thing about them.
T. K. Mahadevan, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HINGLISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Hinglish is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Statesman: Capital stage
Hinglish Comedy, A Private Affair shows on 18 July, at 5 and 7 pm, at Fraser Suites, Mayur Vihar Phase 1. Hindi comedy Ghalib In New Delhi is ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
2
Reviving the art of storytelling | GulfNews.com
Hindi advocates are happy that the show is reviving the language in an era of spoken “Hinglish”, a blend of Hindi and English. Most radio ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
3
The psyche and the power of a 'Smart Troll' | Latest News & Updates …
... Hindu trolls" dug up the author's timeline and shared his old tweets which ironically sounded like a Hinglish speaking, sexually frustrated troll. «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
4
To squat or not to squat
I remember vividly an Hinglish film where a western executive arrives in Delhi. On the way to his hotel the taxi driver suggests another more ... «Bangalore Mirror, Jul 15»
5
Google Chrome multilingual spellcheck feature in the works
It's common for most of us in India to use multiple languages. And that just created a whole new language – Hinglish. Similarly, millions use ... «Firstpost, Jul 15»
6
Genre blending, Hinglish, and The Flame in the Flood
On and off, I've been reading Baljinder Mahal's brilliant book The Queen's Hinglish, which is all about the wonderfully evocative things that ... «Eurogamer.net, Jul 15»
7
Mohsin Khan allergic to his co-star!
Now that is either he is romantic or he is angry because of this allergy. READ: Nikita Dutta, Mohsin Khan share Hinglish signature style ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
8
Camlin gives budding Picasso's their 'Mixing Ka Magic'
The campaign that went live on June 23 focuses on television and will be seen for two months in languages like Hinglish, Marathi, Bengali, ... «Best Media Info, Jul 15»
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Achint Kaur, Saurabh Shukla, Sadia Siddiqui, Preeti Mamgai in a play
In the Hinglish play, Shukla plays Parminder Sethi, a hotelier going through a mid-life crisis. Frustrated by the constant tussle between his wife ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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India's 'Pied Piper' spins small-town tales to millions
Hindi advocates are happy that the show is reviving the language in an era of spoken “Hinglish,” a blend of Hindi and English. Most radio ... «Columbia Daily Tribune, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hinglish [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hinglish>. Apr 2024 ».
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