hindú
Catalan
Pronunciation
Adjective
hindú m or f (masculine and feminine plural hindús)
Noun
hindú m or f by sense (plural hindús)
- Hindu
- (dated) native or inhabitant of Hindustan
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hindú”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “hindú”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “hindú” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “hindú” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian هندو (hindu, “Indian”), from هند (hind, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, the Indus”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈdu/ [ĩn̪ˈd̪u]
- Rhymes: -u
- Syllabification: hin‧dú
Adjective
hindú m or f (masculine and feminine plural hindúes or hindús)
- Hindu, Hindustani
- Indian (of or relating to India or its people)
Noun
hindú m or f by sense (plural hindúes or hindús)
- Hindu, Hindustani
- Indian (native or inhabitant of India)
- Synonym: indio
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hindú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024