Relating to the Deccan region of southern India; also refers to a language or dialect spoken in that area.
From Hindi/Urdu 'dakhin' meaning 'southern,' derived from Sanskrit 'dakshina' meaning 'south,' plus '-i' for adjectival form.
Dakhini Urdu was the literary language of the Deccan sultanates—it mixed Urdu, Persian, and regional languages into something completely unique to southern India!
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