हिंद

See also: हद, हदें, हदों, हिंदू, हिंदी, हौद, हृदा, and हृद्

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هند (hind), from Middle Persian hnd (hind), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”) or from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “a river, stream”). Doublet of सिंध (sindh).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦɪnd̪/, [ɦɪ̃n̪d̪]

Proper noun

हिंद • (hind) m (Urdu spelling ہند)

  1. India (a country in South Asia)
    Synonyms: हिंदुस्तान (hindustān), भारत (bhārat), इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)
    जय हिंद! ― jay hind! ― Hail India!
  2. (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) the Indian subcontinent, India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)

Declension

Declension of हिंद (sg-only masc cons-stem)
singular
direct हिंद
hind
oblique हिंद
hind
vocative हिंद
hind

Alternative forms

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