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Sindhi, n. and a.|ˈsɪndiː|
Also † Sindee; Sindi.
[a. Hind. Sindhi, ult. f. Skr. sindhu river, spec. the Indus or the surrounding area.]
A. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Sind, now a province in the south-east of Pakistan, through which the Indus passes to the Arabian Sea.
1815M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom of Caubul iv. v. 500 The Sindees with whom I have conversed. 1836in Corresp. relative to Sinde 1836–1838 20 in Parl. Papers 1843 XXXIX. 9 The notions of the most enlightened (if I may apply the term) Sindees are..at utter variance with our customs. 1887Encycl. Brit. XXII. 91/2 The Mohammedans [in Sind] may be divided into two great bodies— the Sindis proper and the naturalized Sindis. The Sindi proper is a descendant of the original Hindu. 1927Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 11/1 The little Sindi could distinguish every hoofprint and point out the goat which had made it. 1978F. Olbrich Desouza pays Price xxi. 131 Most of the Sindhis..had gathered their wealth together..by Independence Day and descended on Bombay.
2. The name of a language consisting of several dialects spoken principally in Sind, but also in adjacent districts of north-west India.
1838Penny Cycl. XII. 227/2 Sindhî, spoken in Sinde as far as the mouths of the Indus. 1908[see Nepalese a. and n.]. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet ii. vi. 376 Sindhi, spoken by three and a half million people in Sind. 1968Guardian 14 Nov. 3/3 ‘Jiye Sind’ (Long live Sind) has become among many Sindhis a form of salutation and there are demands for the elevation of Sindhi to the status of national language. 1981V. Powell Flora Annie Steel vii. 52 The strictly local dialect, a variety of Sindhi, made the setting up of female schools impracticable.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people or their language.
1836W. H. Wathen Gram. Sindhi Lang. 1 There are several different alphabets used in writing the Sindhi language. 1899Folk-Lore X. 413 The far renowned..Sindhi story of Sassi and Punnun. 1946Civil & Mil. Gaz. 31 Aug. 8/3 Three Sindhi merchants. 1979V. S. Naipaul Bend in River xiv. 244 There was this Sindhi girl who had studied in England.
Also ˈSind(h)ian a. and n.
1849J. D. Cunningham Hist. Sikhs i. 19 The occupation, by the Sindhian Daoodpotras of the Lower Sutlej, took place within the last hundred years. 1911D. S. Margoliouth Mohammedanism i. 26 An outrage committed by a Sindian on a noble Moslem. 1964in Panjab Past & Present (1978) XII. 412 The Sindhian Amirs were of course alarmed to learn that Ranjit Singh positively entertained the intention of attacking Shikarpur. |