هند

See also: ہند

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hind/

Proper noun

هِنْد • (hind) f

  1. a female given name

Declension

See also

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Classical Persian هند (hind, India), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š).

Proper noun

هند • (hind)

  1. India (a country in South Asia)
  2. Indian (a person from India)

Descendants

  • Turkish: Hint

References

Persian

Etymology 1

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (river) or from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, a river, stream).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hɪn̪d̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪn̪d̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔin̪d̪̥]

Readings
Classical reading? hind
Dari reading? hind
Iranian reading? hend
Tajik reading? hind

Proper noun

Dari هند
Iranian Persian
Tajik Ҳинд

هند • (hend)

  1. India (a country in South Asia)
    Synonym: هندوستان (hendustân)
Descendants

Noun

هند • (hand)

  1. custom
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