الهند
Arabic
Etymology
From Classical Persian هند (hind), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “a river, stream”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.hind/
Proper noun
الْهِنْد • (al-hind) f
Usage notes
- The country name is one of those that always appear with the article. Otherwise اَلْهِنْد (al-hind) can also be the definite form of هِنْد m (hind, “Indians collectively”).
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | الْهِنْد al-hind |
— |
| nominative | — | الْهِنْدُ al-hindu |
— |
| accusative | — | الْهِنْدَ al-hinda |
— |
| genitive | — | الْهِنْدِ al-hindi |
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Related terms
- الْمُحِيط الْهِنْدِيّ (al-muḥīṭ al-hindiyy)
- هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy)
- الْهِنْد الصِّينِيَّة (al-hind aṣ-ṣīniyya)
Descendants
- → Swahili: Uhindi
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “هند”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN