Hindu Kush

See also: Hindukush and Hindu-Kush

English

Alternative forms

• Hindu-Kush
• Hindukush
• Hindu-Kho (obsolete)
• Hindoo-Kush (obsolete)

• Hindoo-Kho (obsolete)
• Hindoo-Koosh (obsolete)
• Hindu-Coosh (obsolete)
• Hindoo Coosh (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian هندوکش (hindūkuš, hendukoš). The origin and meaning of the name are uncertain. According to Ibn Battuta and popular etymology, it is interpreted as a compound of هندو (hendu) + کش (koš-), which would mean "Hindu-slayer". Some interpret it to be a corruption of هندو (hendu) + کوه (koh-), which would mean “Mountains of the Indus / of India”.

Attested in English from the 18th century.

Proper noun

Hindu Kush

1. A mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Translations

mountain range

• Armenian: Հինդուկուշ (Hindukuš)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 興都庫什山脈／兴都库什山脉 (zh), 兴都库什山脉 (zh) (Xìngdūkùshí shānmài)

• Czech: Hindúkuš m
• Estonian: Hindukuš
• Finnish: Hindukuš (fi)
• German: Hindukusch (de) m
• Hindi: हिन्दु कुश (hindu kuś), हिन्दूकुश (hi) m (hindūkuś)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: ヒンドゥークシュ (Hindūkushu)
• Macedonian: Хиндукуш m (Hindukuš)
• Persian: هندوکش (hendukoš)
• Polish: Hindukusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Hindu Kush m
• Russian: Гиндуку́ш (ru) m (Gindukúš)
• Urdu: ہندوکش (hindūkuś)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Hindukush
• Indocuche (uncommon)

Proper noun

Hindu Kush m

1. Hindu Kush (a mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan)