Deccani Explained

Deccani (also Dakhini, Dakhni or Dekhani) is anything related to the Deccan region of India. Specifically, it may be:

• Deccani language, an Indo-Aryan language spoken in southern India, closely related to Urdu
  • Deccani Muslims, speakers of Deccani
  • Deccani film industry, Deccani-language film industry based in Hyderabad, India
  • Deccani Masnavi, collection of poetry in Deccani
• Deccani painting, a style of Indian painting
• Deccani Marathi, a dialect of the Marathi language
• Deccani architecture, Indian architectural style

See also

• Deccan (disambiguation)
• Deccan sultanates, sultanates in medieval-India
• Hyderabadi Muslims, Muslims from Hyderabad, India and surrounding regions, of which the Deccani Muslims form a sub-group