hindu

hindu

1. Hindu (person)

• hidun, hudin

From Persian هندو‎ (Hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-ūg), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈhindu]
• Hyphenation: hin‧du

hindu (comparative hindubb, superlative leghindubb)

1. Hindu (of or relating to Hinduism)

hindu (plural hinduk)

1. Hindu (adherent of Hinduism)

Akin to Finnish hinta.

hindu

1. price

From Persian هندو‎ (Hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-ūg), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

• IPA^(key): /hɪndʉ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʉ

hindu m (definite singular hinduen, indefinite plural hinduer, definite plural hinduene)

1. a Hindu

• hinduisk
• hinduisme
• hinduistisk

• “hindu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Persian هندو‎ (Hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-ūg), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

• IPA^(key): /hɪndʉ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʉ

hindu m (definite singular hinduen, indefinite plural hinduar, definite plural hinduane)

1. a Hindu

• hinduisk
• hinduisme

• “hindu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Persian هندو‎ (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-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ˈdu/
• Hyphenation: hin‧du
• Rhymes: -u

hindu (plural hindus, comparable)

1. Hindu
2. Indian (of India)