indic

Adjective, Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

indic(n = noun.communication) indo-aryan - a branch of the Indo-Iranian family of languages;

has particulars: sanskrit, sanskritic language, sindhi, dard, dardic, dardic language, nepali, prakrit, prakrit

is a kind of indo-iranian, indo-iranian language

indic, adj. & n.
--adj. of the group of Indo-European languages comprising Sanskrit and its modern descendants.
--n. this language-group.

Etymology

L Indicus f. Gk Indikos INDIAN