Hindu
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُو (hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hindu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *síndʰuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈhɪnduː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]Hindu (not comparable)
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]of or relating to Hinduism
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of or relating to Hindus and their culture
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Noun
[edit]Hindu (plural Hindus)
- A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).
- (dated) Any native inhabitant of Hindustan.
- (North-West Frontier Province of British India, military, obsolete) A bunnia (merchant or trader) with a company of soldiers.[1]
- (dated) A person of Indian religion and race.[1]
Synonyms
[edit]- Sanatani, Sanatanist (revivalist, conservative)
- bhakt (a devotee; may sometimes be derogatory)
Hypernyms
[edit]Coordinate terms
[edit]- (religionists) religionist; agnostic, Asatruar, atheist, Baháʼí, Buddhist, Christian, deist, Druid, Druze, Eckist, heathen, Hindu, Jain, Jedi, Jew, Mormon, Mormonist, Muslim, Odinist, pagan, Pastafarian, Quaker, Raëlian, Rastafarian, Rodnover, Samaritan, Shintoist, Sikh, Taoist, Unitarian Universalist, Wiccan, Yahwist, Yazidi, Zoroastrian (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Translations
[edit]religious adherent
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See also
[edit]- Saiva, Saivite (a worshipper of Shiva)
- Sakta (a worshipper of the goddess Shakti)
- Vaishnava (a worshipper of Vishnu)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Henry Yule (1903) “Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive”, in dsal.uchicago.edu[1], archived from the original on 19 December 2023
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]Hindu m (strong, genitive Hindu or Hindus, plural Hindu or Hindus, feminine Hindu or Hindufrau)
- Hindu (male or unspecified)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Hindu [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
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[edit]Noun
[edit]Hindu f (genitive Hindu, plural Hindu or Hindus, masculine Hindu)
- Hindu (female)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Hindu [feminine]
Further reading
[edit]- “Hindu” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hindu (Gläubiger)” in Duden online
- “Hindu (Gläubige)” in Duden online
Hungarian
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Hindu
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Hindu | — |
accusative | Hindut | — |
dative | Hindunak | — |
instrumental | Hinduval | — |
causal-final | Hinduért | — |
translative | Hinduvá | — |
terminative | Hinduig | — |
essive-formal | Hinduként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Hinduban | — |
superessive | Hindun | — |
adessive | Hindunál | — |
illative | Hinduba | — |
sublative | Hindura | — |
allative | Hinduhoz | — |
elative | Hinduból | — |
delative | Hinduról | — |
ablative | Hindutól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Hindué | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Hinduéi | — |
Possessive forms of Hindu | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Hindum | — |
2nd person sing. | Hindud | — |
3rd person sing. | Hinduja | — |
1st person plural | Hindunk | — |
2nd person plural | Hindutok | — |
3rd person plural | Hindujuk | — |
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- English terms derived from Middle Persian
- English terms derived from Old Persian
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
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- British India English
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