Merriam-Webster Logo
SINCE 1828
Menu
×

An Encyclopædia Britannica Company

Hindi

play
noun Hin·di \ˈhin-(ˌ)dē\

Definition of Hindi

  1. 1 :  a literary and official language of northern India

  2. 2 :  a complex of Indo-Aryan languages and dialects of northern India for which Hindi is the usual literary language

Hindi

adjective

See Hindi defined for English-language learners

See Hindi defined for kids

Explore M-W

pajamas
10 Words From Hindi & Urdu
video-title-words-of-the-year-1066
Words of the Year: 1066
alt-5978a79b75e17
Trending: 'Transgender' Americans Face New Restrictions
image1358596246
Words About Word Play

Origin and Etymology of hindi

Hindi & Urdu hindī, from Hind India, from Persian

HINDI Defined for English Language Learners

Hindi

play
noun

Definition of Hindi for English Language Learners

  • : an official language of India

Learn More about hindi

  1. See words that rhyme with Hindi Spanish Central: Translation of Hindi Nglish: Translation of Hindi for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of Hindi for Arabic speakers

Seen and Heard

What made you want to look up Hindi? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).

show hide

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

WORD OF THE DAY

fester

play

to become worse as time passes

Get Word of the Day daily email!

TRENDING NOW

  1. transgender Trump reverses military policy allowing transgender people to serve

  2. beleaguer 'Being subjected to constant or repeated trouble or harassment'

  3. scaramouch A new White House communications director

  4. non sequitur “It does not follow”

  5. admiral's mast A massive search ends with an 'admiral's mast'.

SEE ALL

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Hindi

Test Your Vocabulary

The Emoji Quiz

  • emoji-the-quiz
  • What phase of the moon is this: 🌖 ?
Spell It

Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?

TAKE THE QUIZ
Citation

Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.

TAKE THE QUIZ

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Words at Play

alt-5978b44edfb13
Our (Almost) Final Word on 'Penultimate'

The ultimate guide to using penultimate.

alt-5978cb55e8ba5
The Grammatical History of 'Awaken'/'Awoken'/'Awakened'

Or you can just go back to bed.

alt-59775cb5d7779
Words We're Watching: 'Aquafaba'

Don't dump out the bean water just yet...

image1358596246
Words About Word Play

Don't just eat your words—play with them!

Ask the Editors

video-title-words-of-the-year-1066
Words of the Year: 1066

Or, Why Pig Meat is Called 'Pork' and Cow Meat is Called 'Beef'

payday
How Often Is 'Biweekly'?

Don't get us started on 'bimonthly'

video-irregardless-grammar-peeve-blend-of-the-synonyms-irrespective-and-regardless
Irregardless

It is in fact a real word (but that doesn't mean you should use it).

video-moose-goose-weird-plurals
Weird Plurals

One goose, two geese. One moose, two... moose. What's up with that?

Word Games

emoji-the-quiz
The Emoji Quiz

Think you’re an emoji 👓 expert? Let’s see 🤔

Take the quiz
image941935269
A Game of Thrones Word Quiz

In the Game of Thrones quiz, you learn some new vocabulary. (It’s quite safe, really. You will not die.)

Take the quiz
Spell It
Spell It

Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?

Take the quiz
Citation
Citation

Do you know the person or title these quotes describe?

Play the game