hndwk'ʾn

Middle Persian

Etymology

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).

Noun

hndwk'ʾn (Hindūgān)

  1. India, Hindustan

Descendants

  • 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)
    • 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)
  • Chinese: 身毒
    • Japanese: 身毒 (しんどく, Shindoku)

References

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