Hindu

See also: hindu and hindú

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɪnduː/
  • (file)

Adjective

Hindu (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.

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Noun

Hindu (plural Hindus)

  1. A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).
  2. (dated) Any native inhabitant of Hindustan.
  3. (North-West Frontier Province of British India, military, obsolete) A bunnia (merchant or trader) with a company of soldiers.[1]
  4. (dated) A person of Indian religion and race.[1]

Synonyms

  • Sanatani, Sanatanist (revivalist, conservative)
  • bhakt (a devotee; may sometimes be derogatory)

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Translations

References

  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, archived from the original on 19 December 2023

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

Hindu m (strong, genitive Hindu or Hindus, plural Hindu or Hindus)

  1. Hindu (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Hinduglaube
  • Hindugott

Noun

Hindu f (genitive Hindu, plural Hindu or Hindus)

  1. female Hindu

Declension

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhindu]
  • Hyphenation: Hin‧du
  • Rhymes: -du

Proper noun

Hindu

  1. (astronomy) Indus

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
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
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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