𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁

Old Persian

The name Hidūš (𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁) in Old Persian cuneiform in the DNa inscription of Darius I, circa 500 BCE.

Etymology

Possibly a Persianization of Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu) or from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

Proper noun

𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /hiduš/). Variations: Hidauv in the locative case (𐏃𐎡𐎭𐎢𐎺 in DSf) or Hiduya (𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐎹 in A.2P) Sometimes transliterated hiⁿduš (the "n" was not written in Old Persian). Rare contemporary orthography Hi-in-du-iš in the Elamite language to designate the ethnicity seem to be known.

1. India

Descendants

• Achaemenid Egyptian (Hieroglyphic): 𓉔𓈖𓂧𓍯𓇌, H-n-d-wꜣ-y (“India”)
• Middle Persian: [script needed] (hndwk'ʾn /⁠hindūgān⁠/, “Hindustan”)
  • Persian: هند (Hend), هندوستان (Hendustân)
    • Bashkir: һинд (hind)
    • → Bengali: হিন্দ (hindo), হিন্দুস্থান (hindusthan)
    • → Hindustani:

      Hindi: हिंद (hind), हिंदुस्तान (hindustān)

      Fiji Hindi: Hindustan

      Urdu: ہند (hind), ہندوستان (hindustān)

      • → English: Hindustan
    • → Marathi: हिंदुस्थान (hindusthān)
    • → Nepali: हिन्दुस्तान् (hindustān)
    • → Odia: ହିନ୍ଦ୍ (hind), ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନ (hindustāna)
    • → Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦ (hind), ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ (hindustān)
  • → Chinese: 天竺 (Tiānzhú)
    • → Japanese: 天竺 (てんじく, Tenjiku)
    • → Okinawan: 天竺 (てぃんじく, Tinjiku)
    • → Korean: 천축 (Cheonchuk)
    • → Vietnamese: Thiên Trúc
  • → Chinese: 印度 (Yìndù)
    • → Japanese: インド (Indo), 印度 (インド, Indo) (rare)
    • → Korean: 인도 (Indo)
    • → Vietnamese: Ấn Độ
  • → Chinese: 身毒
    • → Japanese: 身毒 (しんどく, Shindoku)
• → Ancient Greek: Ἰνδός (Indós), Ἰνδία (Indía)
  • Greek: Ινδός (Indós)
  • → English: India
    • → Fiji Hindi: India
    • → Tamil: இந்தியா (intiyā)
    • → Telugu: ఇండియా (iṇḍiyā)
  • → Latin: Indus
    • Catalan: Índia
    • → Latvian: Indija
    • → Lithuanian: Indija
    • Spanish: India
    • Portuguese: Índia
    • → English: Indus
• → Hebrew: הודו / הֹדּוּ (hṓddū)