Hindi
noun
Hin·di
ˈhin-(ˌ)dē 
1
: a literary and official language of northern India
2
: a complex of Indo-Aryan languages and dialects of northern India for which Hindi is the usual literary language
Hindi
adjective
Examples of Hindi in a Sentence
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The channel carries a range of inspiring Indian stories, Hindi shows and blockbuster Bollywood movies.
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Patrick Frater, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
There’s the buzzy, sultry vibe on Friday and Saturday evenings, when fire dancers illuminate the darkened lounge and a DJ plays thumping music, Hindi remixes early in the evening and louder global club faves late at night.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
That’s why English today has 1.5 billion speakers worldwide, compared to around 1.1 billion for Mandarin Chinese, 600 million for Hindi, and 550 million for Spanish.
—Rosemary Salomone, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
The scene with the lock is followed by a moving episode in which Jadu and his sister Lata, in order to improve her English, work together to translate a poem from Jadu’s college textbook into Hindi.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Another Hindi film released in theatres on March 22 - Kunal Kemmu’s directorial Madgaon Express.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Officials there say that Mr. Modi is trying to hold them back for their refusal to buy in to his brand of politics, including his party’s stirring of Hindu-Muslim tensions and its push to make Hindi — which is not widely spoken in the south — a national language.
—Hari Kumar, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Large language models are more advanced for European languages, and Tali AI is in the process of expanding to make the tool available in Arabic and Hindi, for greater inclusivity.
—John Kell, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
The film was first made in 2013 in the Malayalam language, starring Mohanlal and Meena, before being remade in Hindi with Ajay Devgn and Tabu in the lead roles in 2015.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 29 Feb. 2024
Patrick Frater, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
There’s the buzzy, sultry vibe on Friday and Saturday evenings, when fire dancers illuminate the darkened lounge and a DJ plays thumping music, Hindi remixes early in the evening and louder global club faves late at night.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
That’s why English today has 1.5 billion speakers worldwide, compared to around 1.1 billion for Mandarin Chinese, 600 million for Hindi, and 550 million for Spanish.
—Rosemary Salomone, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
The scene with the lock is followed by a moving episode in which Jadu and his sister Lata, in order to improve her English, work together to translate a poem from Jadu’s college textbook into Hindi.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Another Hindi film released in theatres on March 22 - Kunal Kemmu’s directorial Madgaon Express.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Officials there say that Mr. Modi is trying to hold them back for their refusal to buy in to his brand of politics, including his party’s stirring of Hindu-Muslim tensions and its push to make Hindi — which is not widely spoken in the south — a national language.
—Hari Kumar, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Large language models are more advanced for European languages, and Tali AI is in the process of expanding to make the tool available in Arabic and Hindi, for greater inclusivity.
—John Kell, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
The film was first made in 2013 in the Malayalam language, starring Mohanlal and Meena, before being remade in Hindi with Ajay Devgn and Tabu in the lead roles in 2015.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Hindi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hindi. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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