হিন্দ

See also: হিন্দী and হিন্দু

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هند (hind), from Middle Persian hnd (hind), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš. Doublet of সিন্ধু (śindhu).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /hind̪/, [hind̪], /hind̪o/, [hind̪oˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /hind̪/, [hind̪], /hind̪o/, [hind̪oˑ]

Proper noun

হিন্দ • (hind, hindo)

  1. India (a country in South Asia)
    Synonyms: হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan), ভারত (bharot), ইন্ডিয়া (inḍiẏa)
    জয় হিন্দ ― joẏ 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)
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