Hindee

Proper noun (1)

Hindi

1. Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of the Hindustani language, which is based on Khariboli.
   • Farmer gave us the backstory on several of the words he’s invented, including “well walla,” a mix of English and Hindi. Well walla is a disparaging term for a Belter who acts like an Earther (well is for the “gravity well” of Earth, and walla means person in Hindi).2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica
2. The Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages. These are also spoken in Fiji, Guyana and as a second language by Indians in many other countries.
3. All the lects in the Hindi Belt, which also includes lects that do not belong to the Central Zone of Indo-Aryan languages.
4. (obsolete) A dialect spoken in Delhi, now known as Hindustani.
   • ‘teġh kī hindī agar talvār hai, fārsī pagḌī kī bhī dastār hai.’1988, Kaali Das Gupta Raza, Deewan-e-Ghalib, Sakar Publishers Private Limited, page 460

Proper noun (2)

Hindi

1. A barangay of Bacacay, Albay, Philippines.

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