denoting, belonging to, or relating to a branch of Indo-European consisting of the Indo-European languages of India, including Sanskrit, Hindi and Urdu, Punjabi, Gujerati, Bengali, and Sinhalese
this group of languages
Also called: Indo-Aryan
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In•dic
(in′dik),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
indic.,
- Language Varietiesof or pertaining to India;
Indian. - Language Varietiesof or pertaining to Indic;
Indo-Aryan.
n.
- Language Varietiesa subgroup of the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European languages that includes Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, and many other languages of India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka;
Indo-Aryan.
- Greek Indikós. See India, -ic
- Latin Indicus of India
- 1875–80
indic.,
- indicating.
- Grammarindicative.
- indicator.
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Also called: Indo-Aryan
'Indic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Aryan
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Bhili
- Bihari
- Dard
- EST
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Indo-Aryan
- Indo-Iranian
- Kafiri
- Marathi
- Nepali
- Odia
- Oriya
- Pahari
- Prakrit
- Punjabi
- Romany
- Sanskrit
- Sinhalese
- Urdu
- am
- are
- art
- beryl
- cometh
- cycle of indiction
- dare
- dash
- debenture
- deficit
- does
- eureka
- exeunt
- fries
- gist
- goes
- habitat
- has
- hast
- hath
- ignoramus
- incipit
- indican
- indicant
- indicate
- indicative
- indicium