هندو

From Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), demonym derived from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿduš, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “the Indus River”) or Proto-Iranian *sindʰu.

هندو • (hendu) (plural هندوها‎ (hendu-hâ))

1. a Hindu, a practitioner of India's indigenous religion

   c. 1180, Kaqani Shervani, Divan:

   ‏تیغ تو داند که چیست رمز و اشارات دین / طرفه بود هندویی وز عربی ترجمان‎

   tiğ-e to dânad ke čist ramz-o ešârât-e din / torfe bovad hendu-yi v-az 'arabi tarjomân

   your sword knows about the secrets and allusions of the [Islamic] faith / it is a remarkable phenomenon, being a Hindu and [yet] a translator [of Islamic scriptures] from Arabic

2. (dated) an Indian, an inhabitant of the Indian subcontinent

• → English: Hindu

هندو • (hendu)

1. Hindu, relating to Hinduism
2. (dated) Indian, relating to India

   c. 1380, Hafez, “Shirazi Turk”, in Divan:

   ‏به خال هندویش بخشم سمرقند و بخارا را‎

   be xâl-e hendu-yaš baxšam samarqand o boxârâ-râ

   for their Indian mole (beauty spot) I will give Samarkand and Bukhara

3. Thief, robber, slave, hijacker.[1]