ܗܢܕܘ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (river).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard) IPA(key): [ˈhɪn.duː]

Proper noun

ܗܸܢܕܘܼ • (hindūf

  1. India (a country in South Asia)
  2. (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hɛndu]

Proper noun

ܗܢܕܘ • (hendū)

  1. India
    Synonyms: ܗܢܕܘܣܛܐܢ, ܚܘܝܠܐ
  2. Farther India (Indochina)
  3. Indus river
    Synonym: ܗܢܕܝܐ
  4. Republic of India
    Synonym: ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܕܗܢܕܘ

Derived terms

References

  • ܗܢܕܘ on syriacdictionary.net
  • hndw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Castell, Edmund (1606-1685) Lexicon Syriacum ex eius lexico heptaglotto seorsim typis describi (in Classical Syriac), Goettingae : Dieterich, published 1788, page 227
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 104
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 357

Further reading

ܗܢܕܘ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia arc