Words similar to hindi

Example sentences for: hindi

How can you use “hindi” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Memsahib `term of respect for a European lady,' for example, derives from English ma'am and Hindi sahib `sir, master,' a word borrowed by Hindi from Arabic; boxwallah `peddler' combines English box and Hindi wallah `person in charge of a particular thing'; chotapeg `half-sized drink' unites Hindi chota `little, small' and English peg (Anglo-Indian slang since at least 1864 for a drink, especially of brandy and soda water); and shroffage `commission charged for shroffing' combines shroff (an adaptation of Hindi saraf `banker, money-lender,' a word borrowed from Arabic) and the English suffix - age . Combinations of Hindi and Persian elements include:
As the examples cited above make clear, Hindi loanwords in English relate to a wide variety of subjects.
Verandah is Anglo-Indian from Hindi or Bengali, which got it from Portuguese.
The national language of Hindi is spoken by less than the majority, and English, for which the government has a permanent program of modernization, is spoken by just 3 percent of the people, mostly in the largest cities.
The above do not include those loanwords deriving from words earlier borrowed by Hindi from Persian and Arabic, which are (in addition to those already cited):