Hindu Kush

See also: Hindukush and Hindu-Kush

English

Alternative forms

• Hindu-Kush
• Hindukush
• Hindu-Kho (obsolete)
• Hindoo-Kush (obsolete)
• Hindoo-Kho (obsolete)
• Hindoo-Koosh (obsolete)
• Hindu-Coosh (obsolete)
• Hindoo Coosh (obsolete)

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُوکُش (hindūkuš), the etymology of which is uncertain.

• According to Ibn Battuta and popular etymology, it is interpreted as a compound of هِنْدُو (hindū) + کُش (kuš), which would mean "Hindu-slayer".
• Some interpret it to be a corruption of هِنْدُو (hindū) + کوه (kōh), which would mean “Mountains of the Indus / of India”, related to the term Hindkowan used to describe people living near the region who speak Hindko.

Attested in English from the 18th century.

Proper noun

Hindu Kush

1. A mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Translations

mountain range

• Armenian: Հինդուկուշ (Hindukuš)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 興都庫什山脈／兴都库什山脉 (Xīngdūkùshí shānmài)

• Czech: Hindúkuš m
• Estonian: Hindukuš
• Finnish: Hindukuš (fi)
• German: Hindukusch (de) m
• Hindi: हिन्दु कुश (hindu kuś), हिन्दूकुश (hi) m (hindūkuś)
• Italian: Hindu Kush (it) m, Hindukush m
• Japanese: ヒンドゥークシュ山脈 (Hindūkushu sanmyaku)
• Latin: Paropamisus m, Paropanisus m
• Macedonian: Хиндукуш m (Hindukuš)
• Persian:

  Dari: هندوکش (hindūkuš)

  Iranian Persian: هندوکش (hendukoš)

• Polish: Hindukusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Hindu Kush m
• Russian: Гиндуку́ш (ru) m (Gindukúš)
• Urdu: ہندوکش (hindūkuś)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Hindukush
• Indocuche (uncommon)

Proper noun

Hindu Kush m

1. Hindu Kush (a mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan)