hndwk'ʾn

From hndwk' (Hindūg, “an Indian”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /hiⁿduš/), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “the Indus River”) or Proto-Iranian *sindʰu. Also see hnd (hind).

hndwk'ʾn • (Hindūgān)

1. India, Hindustan

• Persian: هند‎ (hend), هندوستان‎ (Hendustân)
  • Bashkir: һинд (hind)
  • → Bengali: হিন্দ (hindo), হিন্দুস্থান (hindusthan)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: हिंद (hind), हिंदुस्तान (hindustān)

    Fiji Hindi: Hindustan

    Urdu: ہند‎ (hind), ہندوستان‎ (hindūstān)

    • → English: Hindustan
  • → Marathi: हिंदुस्थान (hindusthān)
  • → Nepali: हिन्दुस्तान् (hindustān)
  • → Oriya: ହିନ୍ଦ୍ (hind), ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନ (hindustanô)
  • → Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦ (hind), ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ (hindustān)
• → Chinese: 天竺 (Tiānzhú)
  • → Japanese: 天竺 (てんじく, Tenjiku)
  • → Korean: 천축 (Cheonchuk)
  • → Vietnamese: Thiên Trúc
• → Chinese: 印度 (Yìndù)
  • → Japanese: インド (Indo), 印度 (インド, Indo) (rare)
  • → Korean: 인도 (Indo)
  • → Vietnamese: Ấn Độ
• → Chinese: 身毒
  • → Japanese: 身毒 (しんどく, Shindoku)

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press