hndwk'ʾn

Middle Persian

Etymology

From hndwk' (Hindūg, “an Indian”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /⁠hinduš⁠/), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “the Indus River”) or Proto-Iranian *sindʰu. Also see hnd (hind).

Noun

hndwk'ʾn • (Hindūgān)

  1. India, Hindustan

Descendants

  • Classical Persian: هِنْد (hind), هِنْدُوسْتَان (hindūstān) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Chinese: 天竺 (Tiānzhú)
    • → Japanese: 天竺 (てんじく, Tenjiku)
    • → Korean: 천축 (Cheonchuk)
    • → Vietnamese: Thiên Trúc
  • → Chinese: 印度 (Yìndù)
  • → Chinese: 身毒
    • → Japanese: 身毒 (しんどく, Shindoku)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press
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