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- [in-dik]
- /ˈɪn dɪk/
- /ˈɪn.dɪk/
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- [in-dik]
- /ˈɪn dɪk/
Definitions of indic word
- adjective indic of or relating to India; Indian. 1
- adjective indic of or relating to Indic; Indo-Aryan. 1
- noun indic a 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. 1
- adjective indic 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 0
- noun indic this group of languages 0
- abbreviation INDIC indicating 0
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Origin of indic
First appearance:
before 1875 One of the 25% newest English words
1875-80; < Latin Indicus of India < Greek Indikós. See India, -ic
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Indic
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
indic popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.