from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Hindi
adj 1: of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; "the Hindu
faith" [syn: {Hindu}, {Hindi}, {Hindoo}]
n 1: the most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken
mostly in the north of India; along with English it is the
official language of India; usually written in Devanagari
script
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hindi \Hin"di\, n. [Prop. a Per. adj. meaning, Indian, Hindoo.]
The name given by Europeans to that form of the Hindustani
language which is chiefly spoken by native Hindus. In employs
the Devanagari character, in which Sanskrit is written.
--Whitworth.
[1913 Webster]