هند

See also: ہند

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): /hind/

Noun

هِنْد • (hind) m (collective, singulative هِنْدِيّ m (hindiyy), plural هُنُود (hunūd))

1. Indians

Proper noun

هِنْد • (hind) f

1. a female given name, Hind

Declension

Declension of noun هِنْد (hind)

singular	basic singular diptote‎; basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	هِنْد hind	—
nominative	—	هِنْدُ‎; هِنْدٌ hindu‎; hindun	—
accusative	—	هِنْدَ‎; هِنْدًا hinda‎; hindan	—
genitive	—	هِنْدَ‎; هِنْدٍ hinda‎; hindin	—

See also

• الْهِنْد (al-hind, “India”)

Ottoman Turkish

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”).

Proper noun

هند • (hind)

1. India (a country in South Asia)
2. Indian (a person from India)

Related terms

• هندستان (Hindistan, “Hindustan”)
• هندو (Hindu)
• هندی (Hindi)

Descendants

• → Turkish: Hint

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “هند”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1328
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “Hint”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هند (hind).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪnd/

Proper noun

هند • (hind)

1. India (a country in South Asia)

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈhind/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪn̪d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪn̪d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪn̪d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔin̪d̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hen̪d̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hin̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	hind
Dari reading?	hind
Iranian reading?	hend
Tajik reading?	hind

Proper noun

هند • (hind / hend) (Tajik spelling Ҳинд)

1. India (a country in South Asia)

   Synonym: هندوستان (hendustân)

Related terms

• هندی (hendi)
• هندو (hendu)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: hind
• → Bashkir: һинд (hind)
• → Bengali: হিন্দ (hindo)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हिंद (hind), हिन्द (hind)

  Urdu: ہند (hind)

• → Odia: ହିନ୍ଦ୍ (hind)
• → Ottoman Turkish: هند
  • > Turkish: Hint (inherited)
• → Punjabi:

  Shahmukhi script: ہند (hind)

  Gurmukhi script: ਹਿੰਦ (hind)

• → Uzbek: hind

Etymology 2

Noun

هند • (hand)

1. custom