hndwk'ʾn

Middle Persian

Etymology

From hndwk' (Hindūg, “an Indian”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿduš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “the Indus River”) or Proto-Iranian *sindʰu. Also see hnd (hind).

Noun

hndwk'ʾn • (Hindūgān)

1. India, Hindustan

Descendants

• Persian: هند (Hend), هندوستان (Hendustân)
  • • Bashkir: һинд (hind)
    • → Bengali: হিন্দ (hindo), হিন্দুস্থান (hindusthan)
    • → Hindustani:

      Hindi: हिंद (hind), हिंदुस्तान (hindustān)

      Fiji Hindi: Hindustan

      Urdu: ہند (hind), ہندوستان (hindustān)

      • → English: Hindustan
    • → Marathi: हिंदुस्थान (hindusthān)
    • → Nepali: हिन्दुस्तान् (hindustān)
    • → Odia: ହିନ୍ଦ୍ (hind), ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନ (hindustān)
    • → Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦ (hind), ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ (hindustān)
  • → Chinese: 天竺 (Tiānzhú)
    • → Japanese: 天竺 (てんじく, Tenjiku)
    • → Korean: 천축 (Cheonchuk)
    • → Vietnamese: Thiên Trúc
  • → Chinese: 印度 (Yìndù)
    • → Japanese: インド (Indo), 印度 (インド, Indo) (rare)
    • → Korean: 인도 (Indo)
    • → Vietnamese: Ấn Độ
  • → Chinese: 身毒
    • → Japanese: 身毒 (しんどく, Shindoku)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press