Deccani

English

Alternative forms
  • Deccany, Dakhini

Etymology

From Deccani دکنی‎ (compare Hindi दक्खिनी (dakkhinī)).

Adjective

Deccani (not comparable)

  1. Of, belonging, or relating to the Deccan.

Noun

Deccani (plural Deccanis or Deccanies)

  1. An inhabitant of the Deccan.
  2. The dialect of Hindustani spoken by such people.

Further reading
  • Henry Yule; Arthur Coke Burnell (1886) Hobson-Jobson Being a Glossary of Anglo-Indian Colloquial Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms; Etymological, Historical, Geographical, and Discursive, John Murray, pages 233–4
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