هندی

See also: ہندی‎ and هندي‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic هِنْدِيّ‎ (hindiyy).

Noun

هندی • (hindi)

Indian
Hindu
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

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /hinˈdiː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /hɪnˈdiː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /henˈdiː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /hinˈdi/

Noun

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

Indian (a person from India)
Synonyms: (dated) هندو‎ (hendu), (archaic) هندوی‎ (hendavi)
(archaic) Indian; Native American
Synonym: سرخ‌پوست‎ (sorx-pust)

Adjective

هندی • (hendi)

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

Proper noun

هندی • (hendi)

Hindi (language)
(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)
Indus (constellation)

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