India

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See also: india, Indïa, Ìndia, Índia, and índia

Translingual[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From English India.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

India

  1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO phonetic alphabet code for the letter I.

Translations[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, June 2022, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)

English[edit]

A map of the Republic of India, with claims in light green.
Flag of India.
English Wikipedia has an article on:
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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “What is the evidence for direct inheritance from Old English instead of two separate borrowings from Latin?”

From Old English India, Indea, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

Compare Middle English Inde and Ynde from Old French Ynde (original form started to prevail in the 16th century), Persian هند‎ (hend, “India”), Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (India) IPA(key): /ˈɪɳ.ɖɪə̯/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.dɪə/
  • (US) enPR: ĭnʹdēə, IPA(key): /ˈɪn.di.ə/
    • Audio (US)(file)

Proper noun[edit]

India (plural Indias)

  2. A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India.
  3. (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) An area of land in Southern Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.
  4. (historical, often "British India") A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.
  5. A female given name

Usage notes[edit]

When discussing the pre-modern history of South Asia, naming the entire subcontinent India is common. For discussing the current states, which include the Republic of India, this can cause offense and confusion and is usually avoided with the terms Indian Subcontinent or South Asia (except in the specific context of discussing Indian reunification).

At times when multiple countries existed in South Asia, these have sometimes been pluralised as Indias or Indies. The word Indies survives in some place names such as East Indies and West Indies but is otherwise obsolete.

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Derived terms

Descendants[edit]

  • → Hawaiian: ʻĪnia, ʻInia

Translations[edit]

Bharat — see Bharat

See also[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. definite nominative singular of Indi

Asturian[edit]

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Proper noun[edit]

India f

  1. India (country)

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. India (a country in Asia)

Central Nahuatl[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. India (a country in Asia)

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪn.diˌaː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: In‧di‧a

Proper noun[edit]

India n

  1. India (country)

Related terms[edit]

Faroese[edit]

Republic of India

Etymology[edit]

From Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš) (Persian هند‎ (Hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

India n

  1. India

Declension[edit]

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative India
Accusative India
Dative India
Genitive India

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Fiji Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Hindi इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)

Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. India
    Synonyms: Bharat, Hindustan

Galician[edit]

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gl

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Proper noun[edit]

India f

  1. India

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Hungarian[edit]

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 India on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈindijɒ]
  • Hyphenation: In‧dia
  • Rhymes: -jɒ

Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. India (a country in South Asia; official name: Republic of India)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative India —
accusative Indiát —
dative Indiának —
instrumental Indiával —
causal-final Indiáért —
translative Indiává —
terminative Indiáig —
essive-formal Indiaként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Indiában —
superessive Indián —
adessive Indiánál —
illative Indiába —
sublative Indiára —
allative Indiához —
elative Indiából —
delative Indiáról —
ablative Indiától —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		Indiáé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		Indiáéi —
Possessive forms of India
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Indiám —
2nd person sing. Indiád —
3rd person sing. Indiája —
1st person plural Indiánk —
2nd person plural Indiátok —
3rd person plural Indiájuk —

Derived terms[edit]

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Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch India, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈɪndia̯]
  • Hyphenation: In‧dia

Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. India (place)

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Further reading[edit]

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

An India f (genitive na hIndia, nominative plural na hIndiacha)

  1. India
    Synonym: Poblacht na hIndia

Usage notes[edit]

Always preceded by the definite article.

Declension[edit]

Declension of India

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative India Indiacha
Vocative a India a Indiacha
Genitive India Indiacha
Dative India Indiacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an India na hIndiacha
Genitive na hIndia na nIndiacha
Dative leis an India

don India

leis na hIndiacha

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
India nIndia hIndia not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • “India” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • Entries containing “India” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

From Latin India.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

India f

  1. A country in South Asia

Derived terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia la

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin.

Proper noun[edit]

India f sg (genitive Indiae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) India (a region of South Asia)
  2. (New Latin) India (the modern country in South Asia)

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative India
Genitive Indiae
Dative Indiae
Accusative Indiam
Ablative Indiā
Vocative India

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • India in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • India in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Malagasy[edit]

Malagasy Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia mg

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. India

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. India

Derived terms[edit]

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. India

Derived terms[edit]

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin India.

Proper noun[edit]

India f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Índia

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

India f

  1. India (country)

Slovak[edit]

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

India f (genitive singular Indie, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. India (a country in Asia)

References[edit]

  • India in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš) (modern Persian هند‎ (Hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈindja/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪ja]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -indja
  • Hyphenation: In‧dia

Proper noun[edit]

India f

  1. India

Usage notes[edit]

The definite article is optional when referring to India in Spanish (i.e. la India).

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English India.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

India

  1. India (a country in South Asia)
    Synonyms: Uhindi, Hindi

Welsh[edit]

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cy

Proper noun[edit]

yr India f

  1. India (a country in Asia)

Derived terms[edit]

Yoruba[edit]

Yoruba Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia yo
Íńdíà

Etymology[edit]

From English India.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /í.ŋ́.dí.à/

Proper noun[edit]

Íńdíà

  1. India (a country in South Asia)
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