इन्दु
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ইন্দু (Assamese script)
- ᬇᬦ᭄ᬤᬸ (Balinese script)
- ইন্দু (Bengali script)
- 𑰂𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀇𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- ဣန္ဒု (Burmese script)
- ઇન્દુ (Gujarati script)
- ਇਨ੍ਦੁ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍁 (Grantha script)
- ꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (Javanese script)
- 𑂅𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂳 (Kaithi script)
- ಇನ್ದು (Kannada script)
- ឥន្ទុ (Khmer script)
- ອິນ຺ທຸ (Lao script)
- ഇന്ദു (Malayalam script)
- ᡳᠨᡩᡠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘂𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘳 (Modi script)
- ᠢᠨᢑᠤ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦢𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐂𑐣𑑂𑐡𑐸 (Newa script)
- ଇନ୍ଦୁ (Odia script)
- ꢄꢥ꣄ꢣꢸ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆅𑆤𑇀𑆢𑆶 (Sharada script)
- 𑖂𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖲 (Siddham script)
- ඉන්දු (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩑𑩯 𑪙𑩭𑩒 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚂𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚰 (Takri script)
- இந்து³ (Tamil script)
- ఇన్దు (Telugu script)
- อินฺทุ (Thai script)
- ཨི་ནྡུ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒃𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨁𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Related to the root उन्द् (und, “to flow or issue out, spring (as water); to wet, bathe”), ultimately root cognate with English water. Compare Latin unda (“wave”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ín.du/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /in̪.d̪u/
Noun
इन्दु • (índu) stem, m
- a drop, especially of Soma (Vedic), a bright drop, a spark (Vedic)
- juice, soma
- the moon; time of moonlight, night (Vedic); (in the plural) the periodic changes of the moon
- camphor
- a point, the point on a die (AV 7.109.6), a symbolic expression for the number "one"; designation of the Anusvara
- a name of Vāstoṣpati (RV. 7.54.2)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | इन्दुः (índuḥ) | इन्दू (índū) | इन्दवः (índavaḥ) |
| accusative | इन्दुम् (índum) | इन्दू (índū) | इन्दून् (índūn) |
| instrumental | इन्दुना (índunā) इन्द्वा¹ (índvā¹) |
इन्दुभ्याम् (índubhyām) | इन्दुभिः (índubhiḥ) |
| dative | इन्दवे (índave) | इन्दुभ्याम् (índubhyām) | इन्दुभ्यः (índubhyaḥ) |
| ablative | इन्दोः (índoḥ) | इन्दुभ्याम् (índubhyām) | इन्दुभ्यः (índubhyaḥ) |
| genitive | इन्दोः (índoḥ) | इन्द्वोः (índvoḥ) | इन्दूनाम् (índūnām) |
| locative | इन्दौ (índau) | इन्द्वोः (índvoḥ) | इन्दुषु (índuṣu) |
| vocative | इन्दो (índo) | इन्दू (índū) | इन्दवः (índavaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- दिव्येन्दु (divyendu)
Descendants
- Assamese: ইন্দু (indu)
- Bengali: ইন্দু (indu)
- Gujarati: ઇન્દુ (indu)
- Hindi: इन्दु (indu), इंदु (indu)
- Javanese: ꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (indu)
- Kannada: ಇಂದು (indu)
- Khmer: ឥន្ទុ (ʼɨn)
- Malayalam: ഇന്ദു (indu)
- Marathi: इण्दु (iṇdu)
- Odia: ଇନ୍ଦୁ (indu)
- Telugu: ఇందు (indu)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “इन्दु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 166, column 1.