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# hindi

noun (Hindi; uncountable, a proper noun); adjective (Hindi songs, Hindi films)

«hindi» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. One of the main languages of India, spoken by hundreds of millions of people and written in the Devanagari script. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindi/#m1)
2. (adjective) In or about the Hindi language: «a Hindi film». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindi/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and languages lessons it is one of the most spoken languages in the world; India also uses English and many other languages. Many English words came from Hindi, such as «shampoo», «jungle», «bungalow», «pyjamas». Bollywood films are often in Hindi.

### Examples

- My friend speaks Hindi with her grandparents. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindi/#x1)
- Hindi is written in the Devanagari script. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindi/#x2)
- We learned to count to ten in Hindi. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindi/#x3)
- The word «jungle» comes from Hindi. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindi/#x4)
- They watched a Hindi film with English subtitles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindi/#x5)
- Hindi is one of the official languages of India. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindi/#x6)
- «Namaste» is a greeting used by Hindi speakers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindi/#x7)
- In two Sanskrit versions of the "Vetalapanchavinsati,"\[302\] as well as in the Hindi version,\[303\] the life-giving charm consists in a spell taken from a book of magic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindi/#x8)

### Note

Always starts with a capital letter: Hindi. It is a language, not a religion — do not mix up «Hindi» (language) with «Hindu» (a follower of Hinduism). Not everyone in India speaks Hindi as their first language.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hindi» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hindi/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hindi» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hindi.html) on Mova free.