𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁

Old Persian

The name Hidūš (𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁) in Old Persian cuneiform in the DNa inscription of Darius I, circa 500 BCE.

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

Proper noun

𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiduš)[1][2][3]. Variations: Hidauv in the locative case (𐏃𐎡𐎭𐎢𐎺 in DSf)[4] or Hiduya (𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐎹 in A.2P)[5] Sometimes transliterated hiⁿduš (the "n" was not written in Old Persian). Rare contemporary orthography Hi-in-du-iš in the Elamite language to designate the ethnicity seem to be known.[6]

India

Descendants

Achaemenid Egyptian (Hieroglyphic): 𓉔𓈖𓂧𓍯𓇌, H-n-d-wꜣ-y (“India”)[7][8]
Middle Persian: hndwk'ʾn (hindūgān, “Hindustan”)
- Persian: هند‎ (Hend), هندوستان‎ (Hendustân)
  - Bashkir: һинд (hind)
  - → Bengali: হিন্দ (hind), হিন্দুস্থান (hindusthan)
  - → Hindustani:
    Hindi: हिंद (hind), हिंदुस्तान (hindustān)
    Fiji Hindi: Hindustan
    
    Urdu: ہند‎ (hind), ہندوستان‎ (hindustān)
    - → English: Hindustan
  - → Marathi: हिंदुस्थान (hindusthān)
  - → Nepali: हिन्दुस्तान् (hindustān)
  - → Oriya: ହିନ୍ଦ୍ (hind), ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନ (hindustān)
  - → Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦ (hind), ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ (hindustān)
- → Chinese: 天竺
  - → Japanese: 天竺 (てんじく, Tenjiku)
  - → Korean: 천축 (Cheonchuk)
  - → Vietnamese: Thiên Trúc
- → Chinese: 印度
  - → 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)
→ Ancient Greek: Ἰνδός (Indós), Ἰνδία (Indía)
- Greek: Ινδός (Indós)
- → English: India
  - → Fiji Hindi: India
  - → Tamil: இந்தியா (intiyā)
  - → Telugu: ఇండియా (iṇḍiyā)
- → Latin: Indus
  - Catalan: Índia
  - → Latvian: Indija
  - → Lithuanian: Indija
  - Spanish: India
  - Portuguese: Índia
  - → English: Indus
→ Hebrew: הודו \ הֹדּוּ‎ (hṓddū)

References

Old Persian: Dictionary, Glossary and Concordance by Avi Bachenheimer
Dna inscription of Darius I, Line 25
Jason Neelis, Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks, BRILL 2010 p.96
Titus
Titus
Cuneiform Texts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Volume IV: The Ebabbar Temple Archive and Other Texts from the Fourth to the First Millenium B.C. Ira Spar, Michael Jursa Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1 août 2014
“Susa, Statue of Darius - Livius”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎ (in English), (Please provide a date or year)
Encyclopaedia Iranica‎ (in English), Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982, →ISBN, page 10

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[1] Old Persian: Dictionary, Glossary and Concordance by Avi Bachenheimer

[2] Dna inscription of Darius I, Line 25

[3] Jason Neelis, Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks, BRILL 2010 p.96

[4] Titus

[5] Titus

[6] Cuneiform Texts in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Volume IV: The Ebabbar Temple Archive and Other Texts from the Fourth to the First Millenium B.C. Ira Spar, Michael Jursa Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1 août 2014

[7] “Susa, Statue of Darius - Livius”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎ (in English), (Please provide a date or year)

[EI-8] Encyclopaedia Iranica‎ (in English), Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982, →ISBN, page 10