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هِنْدِيّ
Indian (of or from India) /hinˈdiː/
adjectiveB1#2377 most common
Also: an Indian (person), Hindu (older, less precise usage)
Example sentences
هذا رجلٌ هنديٌّ.
This is an Indian man.
أكلتُ طعامًا هنديًّا لذيذًا.
I ate delicious Indian food.
صديقتي هنديةٌ وتتحدث الهندية والإنجليزية.
My friend is Indian and speaks Hindi and English.
يشتهر الشاي الهندي بنكهته القوية بالتوابل.
Indian tea is known for its strong, spiced flavor.
ازدهرت التجارة بين الخليج والهند منذ القدم، وانتشرت الأقمشة الهندية في الأسواق العربية.
Trade between the Gulf and India flourished since ancient times, and Indian fabrics spread through Arab markets.
يعكس المطبخ الهندي تنوعًا إقليميًّا هائلاً، إذ تختلف التوابل المستخدمة في الشمال عنها في الجنوب اختلافًا جوهريًّا.
Indian cuisine reflects enormous regional diversity, since the spices used in the north differ fundamentally from those in the south.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | هِنْدِيٌّ | هُنُودٌ |
| Genitive | هِنْدِيٍّ | هُنُودٍ |
| Accusative | هِنْدِيًّا | هُنُودًا |
| Vocative | يا هِنْدِيُّ | يا هُنُودُ |
Word family
الهندIndia
هنديةIndian woman; also the Hindi language
هنودIndians (people), plural
هندوسيHindu
هندوسيةHinduism
Etymology
The word comes from الهند (al-Hind), the Arabic name for India, plus the nisba suffix ـيّ that turns a place name into an adjective of origin. Al-Hind itself entered Arabic through Persian Hind, which traces back to the Sanskrit name for the Indus River, Sindhu. Arabic is a Semitic language, so this is a borrowing chain rather than a shared Indo-European root.
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