noun
- the most widely spoken of the modern Indic vernaculars, especially its best-known variety, Western Hindi.
- a literary language derived from Hindustani, used by Hindus.
noun
- a language or group of dialects of N central India. It belongs to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family and is closely related to UrduSee also Hindustani
- a formal literary dialect of this language, the official language of India, usually written in Nagari script
- a person whose native language is Hindi
1825 as an adjective; 1880 as a language name, from Hind “India” (see Hindu) + -i, suffix expressing relationship.