Indra

See also: indra

English

Indra, the Hindu god

Etymology

Transliteration of Sanskrit इन्द्र (índra).

Proper noun

Indra

1. (Hinduism, Vedic religion) The god of war and weather; also the King of the Gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hinduism.

Translations

Hindu god

• Bengali: ইন্দ্র (bn) (indro)
• Burmese: သိကြားမင်း (my) (si.kra:mang:), သိကြား (my) (si.kra:), ဣန္ဒာ (my) (inda)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帝释天 (dìshìtiān)

• Finnish: Indra
• Greek: ίντρα (íntra)
• Gujarati: ઇન્દ્ર (indra)
• Hindi: इन्द्र (hi) m (indra)
• Indonesian: Indra
• Japanese: 帝釈天 (taishakuten)
• Javanese: Indra
• Kannada: ಇಂದ್ರ (kn) (indra)
• Khmer: ព្រះឥន្ទ (preah en), សក្កទេវរាជ (sakka teivea riech), វាសវៈ (km) (viesava), សុរបតី (sora pɑɑdəy)
• Korean: 제석천 (jeseokcheon)
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• Lao: ອິນ (ʼin)
• Malay: Indera
• Malayalam: ഇന്ദ്രൻ (ml) (indraṉ)
• Marathi: इन्द्र m (indra)
• Mon: ဣန်
• Oriya: ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର (indra)
• Portuguese: Indra m
• Russian: И́ндра (ru) m (Índra)
• Sanskrit: इन्द्र (sa) m (índra)
• Spanish: Indra m
• Tagalog: Indra
• Tamil: இந்திரன் (ta) (intiraṉ)
• Telugu: ఇంద్రుడు (te) (indruḍu)
• Thai: อินทร์ (th) (in)
• Urdu: اندر m

Anagrams

• Darin, Drain, Drina, Nadir, Nardi, Ndari, Radin, dinar, drain, nadir, ranid

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Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit इन्द्र (indra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.dra/
• Hyphenation: in‧dra

Proper noun

Indra

1. (Hinduism) The god of war and weather; also the King of the Gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hinduism.

Etymology 2

From Javanese Indra, from Sanskrit इन्द्र (indra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.dra/
• Hyphenation: in‧dra

Proper noun

Indra

1. a male given name from Javanese

Related terms

• indra

 

Further reading

• “Indra” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Latvian

Etymology 1

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. As a given name, derived from the place name, or from Indriķis (“Henry”).

Proper noun

Indra f

1. A tributary of the Daugava river.
2. a female given name

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit.

Proper noun

Indra

1. (Hinduism) Indra

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Indra was the only given name of 2637 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Indra m

1. (Hinduism) Indra (Hindu god of war and weather)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Sanskrit इन्द्र (índra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈindɾa/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪ɾa]

Proper noun

Indra m

1. (Hinduism) Indra

Anagrams

• dinar
• dirán
• nadir