English
Hindiphone
Hindiphone comes from French hindi.
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthindi
- French, derivedc. 1600–presenthindiphone
- Englishearliest quotation 1990Hindiphone
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthindi
- French, derivedc. 1600–presenthindiphone
- Englishearliest quotation 1990Hindiphone
Earliest quotation: 1990, Narayani Gupta, History for the Subalterns: “Of course the average publisher finds it far more…”
Formed from Hindi + -phone
Every English word from French hindi
Today it means
adj Hindi-speaking.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French hindi / Hindiphone