Editing Hindi (section)

==Terminology==
The term ''Hindī'' was originally used to refer to inhabitants of the [[Indo-Gangetic Plain]]. It was borrowed from [[Persian language#Classical Persian|Classical Persian]]  {{lang|fa|هندی}} ''Hindī'' ([[Iranian Persian]] pronunciation: ''Hendi''), meaning {{gloss|of or belonging to ''[[Hindustan|Hind]]'' (India)}} (hence, {{gloss|Indian}}).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Steingass|first1=Francis Joseph|title=A comprehensive Persian-English dictionary|date=1892|publisher=Routledge & K. Paul|location=London|page=1514|url=http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.7:1:6823.steingass|access-date=13 February 2018|archive-date=21 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621060529/http://dsalsrv02.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.7:1:6823.steingass}}</ref>

Another name ''Hindavī'' (ہندوی/{{lang|hi|हिन्दवी}}) ({{ety|fa|هندوی|of or belonging to the Indian people}}) was often used in the past, for example, by [[Amir Khusrau]] in his poetry.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Khan|first1=Rajak|title=Indo-Persian Literature and Amir Khusro|url=http://vle.du.ac.in/mod/book/print.php?id=11660|publisher=[[Delhi University]]|access-date=17 February 2018}}{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yexgmTQIYhUC|title=In the Bazaar of Love: The Selected Poetry of Amir Khusrau|first=Paul E.|last=Losensky|date=15 July 2013|publisher=Penguin UK|via=Google Books|isbn=978-81-8475-522-0}}</ref> 

The terms ''Hindi'' and ''Hindu'' trace back to Old Persian, which derived these names from the [[Sanskrit]] name ''Sindhu'' ({{lang|sa|सिन्धु}}), referring to the [[Indus River]]. The Greek cognates of the same terms are ''Indus'' (for the river) and ''India'' (for the land of the river).<ref name="Bose2006">{{cite book|author=Mihir Bose|title=The Magic of Indian Cricket: Cricket and Society in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gyAAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|date=18 April 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-24924-4|pages=1–3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/india|title=India|publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary}}</ref>

The term ''Modern Standard Hindi'' is commonly used to specifically refer to the modern literary Hindi language, as opposed to colloquial and regional varieties that are also referred to as [[Hindi belt|''Hindi'' in a wider sense]].<ref name="kachru"/>