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
"Hindi serves as the primary means of communication across northern India and functions alongside English as one of the country's two official languages."
Modern Standard Hindi, a standardized and Sanskritized version of Hindustani
"After years of studying Urdu literature, she switched to reading modern novels written in Hindi."
In plain English: Hindi is the main language spoken by millions of people across northern and central India.
"He decided to try making his own hindi instead of buying ready-made ones from the market."
of or relating to Hindi
"The teacher asked us to translate the poem from English into hindi."
The word hindi comes from the Classical Persian term hindī. It originally meant "of India" or "belonging to India."