Ἰνδία

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Etymology

Feminine abstract of Ἰνδός, the Indus river (Herodotus), ultimately from the Old Persian hinduš (Persian هند hend).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /indí.a͜a/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /indíaː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /indía/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /indía/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ĩdía/

Proper noun

Ἰνδία (genitive Ἰνδίας) f, first declension; (Indiā)

1. India, the region beyond the Indus river.

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Ἰνδίᾱ	αἱ Ἰνδίαι
Genitive	τῆς Ἰνδίᾱς	τῶν Ἰνδιῶν
Dative	τῇ Ἰνδίᾳ	ταῖς Ἰνδίαις
Accusative	τὴν Ἰνδίᾱν	τὰς Ἰνδίᾱς
Vocative	Ἰνδίᾱ	Ἰνδίαι

Derived terms

• Ἰνδική
• Ἰνδικός
• Ἰνδός

Descendants

• Greek: Ινδία
• Latin: India

References

• LSJ
• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1013