الهند

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هند (hind, “India”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”) or from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.hind/

Proper noun

الْهِنْد • (al-hind) f

1. India (country in Asia)

Usage notes

• The country name is one of those that always appear with the article. Otherwise اَلْهِنْد (al-hind) can also be the definite form of هِنْد m (hind, “Indians collectively”).

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)

Descendants

• → Swahili: Uhindi

References

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