هندو
Persian
Etymology
Inherited 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.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /hin.ˈduː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hɪn̪.d̪uː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hen̪.d̪uː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [hin̪.d̪u]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | hindū |
| Dari reading? | hindū |
| Iranian reading? | hendu |
| Tajik reading? | hindu |
Noun
هندو • (hindū / hendu) (plural هندوها (hindū-hā / hendu-hâ), Tajik spelling ҳинду)
- Hindu (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
- tēġ-i tu dānad ki čīst ramz u išārāt-i dīn / turfa buwad hindūyī w-az arabī tarjumān
- 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
- (dated) Indian, inhabitant of the Indian subcontinent
- infidel[1]
- thief, robber, slave, hijacker[2]
Descendants
- → English: Hindu
Adjective
هندو • (hindū / hendu) (Tajik spelling ҳинду)
- Hindu, relating to Hinduism
- (dated) Indian, relating to India
- c. 1380, Hafez, “Shirazi Turk”, in Divan:
- به خال هندویش بخشم سمرقند و بخارا را
- ba xāl-i hindūyaš baxšam samarqand u buxārā rā
- for their Indian mole (beauty spot) I will give Samarkand and Bukhara
References
- ^ Francis Joseph Steingass (1892) “A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary, Including the Arabic Words and Phrases to be Met with in Persian Literature”, in dsal.uchicago.edu[1], retrieved 26 December 2023
- ^ Syed Tasadduk Hussain Rizvi (1925) Lughaat-e-Kishwari لغاتِ کِشوری (in Persian), page 574