Indic

Indic
/in"dik/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to India; Indian.
2. of or pertaining to Indic; Indo-Aryan.
n.
3. 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.
[1875-80; < L Indicus of India < Gk Indikós. See INDIA, -IC]

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