Indic

In·dic  (ndk)

adj.

1. Of or relating to India or its peoples or cultures.

2. Of or relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family comprising Sanskrit, the Prakrits, and their modern descendants, such as Bengali, Hindi-Urdu, and Punjabi.

n.

The Indic branch of Indo-European. Also called Indo-Aryan.

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Indic

Adjective

of a branch of Indo-European consisting of many of the languages of India, including Sanskrit, Hindi, and Urdu

Noun

this group of languages

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Indic - a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages Indo-Aryan Sanskrit, Sanskritic language - (Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes Sindhi - the Indic language of Sind which is spoken also in western India Indo-Iranian, Indo-Iranian language - the branch of the Indo-European family of languages including the Indic and Iranian language groups Dard, Dardic, Dardic language - any of a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir and eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan Nepali - the official state language of Nepal Prakrit - any of the vernacular Indic languages of north and central India (as distinguished from Sanskrit) recorded from the 3rd century BC to the 4th century AD Prakrit - any of the modern Indic languages