Indic

¹

[ in-dik ]

noun

1. 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.

adjective

1. of or relating to India; Indian.
2. of or relating to Indic; Indo-Aryan.

indic.

²

abbreviation for

1. indicating.
2. indicative.
3. indicator.

Indic

¹

/ ˈɪndɪk /

adjective

1. 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

noun

1. this group of languages

indic.

²

abbreviation for

1. indicating
2. indicative
3. indicator

Word History and Origins

Origin of Indic¹

First recorded in 1875–80; from Latin Indicus “of India,” from Greek Indikós; India, -ic

Example Sentences

“Dharma,” one of the great untranslatable Indic words, can mean “duty,” or “religion” or “vocation,” but it is fundamentally a duty to oneself, to one’s nature.

From New York Times

Content from Indian publisher partners in English and Hindi will begin to appear in News Showcase panels in Google News and on Discover, Google said, adding it would launch additional Indic languages this year.

From Reuters

“The Mahabharata is one of two ancient poems. It was written in Sanskrit, an ancient Indic language that is no longer spoken.”

From Literature

I first came to Katmandu in 1983 as a backpacker and returned while working on a master’s degree in Indic studies.

From New York Times

Other companies too are shifting their focus to what many are calling the new 'Indic web'.

From BBC