Intiia

Marshallese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English India, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδίᾱ (Indíā), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš) (Persian هند‎ (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

Pronunciation
  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [indˠiːɑ], (enunciated) [inʲ tˠiiɑ]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /jinʲtˠijijæɰ/
  • Bender phonemes: {yintiyiyah}

Derived terms

Proper noun

Intiia

  1. India

References
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