hind
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English hinde, from Old English hindan (“at the rear, from behind”), Proto-Germanic *hinder (“behind, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- (“down, below, with, far, along, against”), from *ḱóm (“beside, near, by, with”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hindana, “from beyond”), Old Norse hindr (“obstacle”), Old Norse handan (“from that side, beyond”), Old High German hintana (“behind”), Old English hinder (“behind, back, in the farthest part, down”), Latin contra (“in return, against”). More at hinder, contrary.
Adjective
[edit]hind (comparative hinder, superlative hindmost)
- Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
- 1786 July 31, Robert Burns, “On a Scotch Bard Gone to the West Indies”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire: Printed by John Wilson, →OCLC; reprinted Kilmarnock: James McKie, March 1867, →OCLC, page 184:
- Fareweel, my rhyme-compoſing billie! / Your native ſoil was right ill-willie; / But may ye flouriſh like a lily, / Now bonilie! / I'll toaſt ye in my hindmoſt gillie, / Tho' owre the Sea!
- 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter V, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
- When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
- Backward; to the rear.
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Etymology 2
[edit]Wikispecies From Middle English hind, hinde, hynde, from Old English hind, Proto-West Germanic *hindu, from Proto-Germanic *hindō, *hindiz, from a formation on Proto-Indo-European *ḱem- (“hornless”). Cognate with Dutch hinde, German Hinde, Danish hind.
Noun
[edit]hind (plural hinds)
- A female deer, especially a red deer at least two years old.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 1, member 3:
- Nature binds all creatures to love their young ones; an hen to preserve her brood will run upon a lion, an hind will fight with a bull, a sow with a bear, a silly sheep with a fox.
- 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page v:
- The ſpring diſplaying her elegant taſte, the proud walk of the gold-feathered pheaſant, the light tread of the ſmall-hoofed hind, and the dancing of the ſtar-trained peacock, infuſed joy into the ſoul of the ſpectator of the aſtoniſhing works of the Creator.
- A spotted food fish of the genus Epinephelus.
Synonyms
[edit]- (female deer): doe
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Etymology 3
[edit]From Middle English hynd, hine, from Old English hī(ġ)na, genitive plural of hīġa (“servant, family member”), in the phrase hīna fæder ‘paterfamilias’. The -d is a later addition (compare sound). Compare Old Frisian hinde (“servant”).
Noun
[edit]hind (plural hinds)
- (archaic) A servant, especially an agricultural labourer.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of the Parcimony of Our Forefathers”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 167:
- Attilius Regulus […] writ vnto the common-wealth, that a hynde, or plough-boy whom he had left alone to over-ſee and husband his land (which in all was but ſeaven acres of ground) was run away from his charge […].
- 1792, Robert Bowmaker, “Number LI. Parish of Dunse, (County of Berwick.)”, in John Sinclair, editor, The Statistical Account of Scotland. Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, volume IV, Edinburgh: Printed and sold by William Creech [et al.], →OCLC, page 386:
- The farmers ſervants who have families, and engage by the year, are called hinds, and receive 10 bolls oats, 2 bolls barley, and 1 boll peas, which two laſt articles are called hummel corn, […]
- 1827, Maria Elizabeth Budden, Nina, An Icelandic Tale[1], page 41:
- The peaceful tenour of Nina's life was interrupted one morning by the mysterious looks and whisperings of her maids and hinds.
- 1931, Pearl S. Buck, The Good Earth:
- that my brother can sit at leisure in a seat and learn something and I must work like a hind, who am your son as well as he!
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hind.
References
[edit]- “hind”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “hind”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Azerbaijani
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian هند (hind). Cognate with Turkish Hint, Uzbek hind.
Noun
[edit]hind (definite accusative hindi, plural hindlər)
- (uncommon nowadays) Indian (person from India)
- (in izafet II compounds)
Declension
[edit]Declension of hind | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | hind |
hindlər | ||||||
definite accusative | hindi |
hindləri | ||||||
dative | hində |
hindlərə | ||||||
locative | hinddə |
hindlərdə | ||||||
ablative | hinddən |
hindlərdən | ||||||
definite genitive | hindin |
hindlərin |
Derived terms
[edit]- hindcə (“in Hindi”)
- hinddilli (“Hindi-language; Hindi-speaking”)
- Hindistan (“India”)
- hindi
- hindli
- Hind okeanı (“Indian Ocean”)
Further reading
[edit]- “hind” in Obastan.com.
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hind, from Proto-Germanic *hindiz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hind c (singular definite hinden, plural indefinite hinder or hinde)
- hind (female deer)
Inflection
[edit]Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *hinta. Cognate with Finnish hinta.
Noun
[edit]hind (genitive hinna, partitive hinda)
Declension
[edit]Declension of hind (ÕS type 22u/leib, d-n gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | hind | hinnad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | hinna | ||
genitive | hindade | ||
partitive | hinda | hindu hindasid | |
illative | hinda hinnasse |
hindadesse hinnusse | |
inessive | hinnas | hindades hinnus | |
elative | hinnast | hindadest hinnust | |
allative | hinnale | hindadele hinnule | |
adessive | hinnal | hindadel hinnul | |
ablative | hinnalt | hindadelt hinnult | |
translative | hinnaks | hindadeks hinnuks | |
terminative | hinnani | hindadeni | |
essive | hinnana | hindadena | |
abessive | hinnata | hindadeta | |
comitative | hinnaga | hindadega |
Faroese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]hind f (genitive singular hindar, plural hindir)
Declension
[edit]Declension of hind | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hind | hindin | hindir | hindirnar |
accusative | hind | hindina | hindir | hindirnar |
dative | hind | hindini | hindum | hindunum |
genitive | hindar | hindarinnar | hinda | hindanna |
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Norse hind, from Proto-Germanic *hindiz.
Noun
[edit]hind f (genitive singular hindar, plural hindir)
- hind (female deer)
Declension
[edit]Declension of hind | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hind | hindin | hindir | hindirnar |
accusative | hind | hindina | hindir | hindirnar |
dative | hind | hindini | hindum | hindunum |
genitive | hindar | hindarinnar | hinda | hindanna |
Derived terms
[edit]Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hind, from Proto-Germanic *hindiz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hind f (genitive singular hindar, nominative plural hindir)
Declension
[edit]Declension of hind | ||||
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f-s2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hind | hindin | hindir | hindirnar |
accusative | hind | hindina | hindir | hindirnar |
dative | hind | hindinni | hindum | hindunum |
genitive | hindar | hindarinnar | hinda | hindanna |
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *hindi, from Proto-Germanic *hindō, *hindiz, whence also Old High German hinta, Old Norse hind.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hind f
Declension
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[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hind”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Scots
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Early Scots hyne (“stripling”), from Northumbrian Old English hīȝu or hīȝan (“members of a household”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hind (plural hinds)
- (archaic) A skilled labourer on a farm, especially a ploughman. In Southern Scotland, specifically a married skilled farmworker given housing in a cottage and often given special privileges in addition to his wages. Occasionally a derogatory term.
Derived terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish hind, cognate with Old High German hinta, German Hinde, English hind.
Noun
[edit]hind c
- a doe, a hind; the female of deer
- skygg som en hind
- shy as a doe
- Man kan ej för samma kärra spänna en häst och en hind.
- One can not harness to the same cart a horse and a trembling doe.
- skygg som en hind
Declension
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[edit]Uzbek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Chagatai هند, from Classical Persian هند (hind).
Noun
[edit]hind (plural hindlar)
- Indian (person from India)
- hind tili ― Hindi
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- en:Cervids
- en:Female animals
- en:Serranids
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