الهند

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian هند‎ (hend), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “a river, stream”). It's one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article ال‎ (al-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.hind/

Proper noun

الْهِنْد • (al-hind) f

1. (feminine) India (the country)
2. (masculine) East Indians (the people)

Declension

Declension of noun الْهِنْد (al-hind)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْهِنْد al-hind	—
Nominative	—	الْهِنْدُ al-hindu	—
Accusative	—	الْهِنْدَ al-hinda	—
Genitive	—	الْهِنْدِ al-hindi	—

Related terms

• الْمُحِيط الْهِنْدِيّ‎ (al-muḥīṭ al-hindiyy)
• هِنْدِيّ‎ (hindiyy)
• الْهِنْد الصِّينِيَّة‎ (al-hind aṣ-ṣīniyya)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) , “هند”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN