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
- Architecture of the Deccan sultanates or 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
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