ہند

ہند • (hand)

1. place
2. area
3. region
4. house
5. residential building

Borrowed from Classical Persian هند‎ (hind), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), ultimately from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “stream”). Doublet of سندھ‎ (sindh) and انڈیا‎ (inḍiyā).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦɪnd̪/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /ɦɪnd̪/
• Rhymes: -ɪnd̪

ہِنْد • (hind) m (Hindi spelling हिंद)

1. India (a country in South Asia)

   ‏تعزیرات ہند‎ ― taʻzīrāt hind ― Indian Penal Code

   Synonyms: ہندوستان‎ (hindūstān), بھارت‎ (bhārat), انڈیا‎ (inḍiyā)

2. the Indian subcontinent

   Synonyms: برصغیر‎ (barr-e-saġīr), برصغیر پاک و ہند‎ (barr-e-saġīr pāk o hind)

3. Indo, Indo-

   ‏پاک ہند سرحد‎ ― pāk hind sarḥad ― Indo-Pak border

4. IND, India (ISO)

• ہندی‎ (hindī)
• ہندوستان‎ (hindūstan)

• “ہند”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ہند”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.