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adj
Relating to or denoting the group of Indo-European languages comprising Sanskrit and the modern Indian languages which are its descendants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Relating to the Brahmic scripts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Pertaining to India or its people, culture and languages; Indian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Of or relating to indium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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name
A branch of the Indo-European family of languages comprising Sanskrit and its modern descendants such as Bengali, Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: Indo-Aryan
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noun
a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Indo-Aryan
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Broader terms: Indo-Iranian, Indo-Iranian language
Narrower terms: Sanskrit, Sanskritic language, Sindhi, Dard, Dardic, Dardic language, Nepali, Prakrit
History
From Latin indicus from Ancient Greek ἰνδικός (indikós), from Ἰνδία (Indía). Doublet of indigo.
Across languages
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