"Indish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more Indish [comparative], most Indish [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English indish, from Old English Indisċ. By surface analysis, Ind + -ish. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|indish}} Middle English indish, {{inh|en|ang|Indisċ}} Old English Indisċ, {{surf|en|Ind|-ish}} By surface analysis, Ind + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} Indish (comparative more Indish, superlative most Indish)
  1. (archaic) Indian Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-Indish-en-adj-ZwgfsqCK Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Blend of Indian + English. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|Indian|English}} Blend of Indian + English Head templates: {{en-proper noun|-}} Indish (uncountable)
  1. (India, colloquial) Any of various varieties of English spoken in India. Tags: India, colloquial, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Indish-en-name-HQqT6b5F Categories (other): Indian English, English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Indian English Disambiguation of English blends: 5 95 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 97 Disambiguation of Indian English: 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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