Where does “الهند” come from?

الهند (Arabic) comes from Persian هند, from Middle Persian hnd, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 — India; people living beyond the Indus.

Ancestry of “الهند”, step by step

الهند traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian هند

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianهندcustom
2Middle PersianhndIndia
3Old Persian𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁India; people living beyond the Indus

via Arabic الْهِنْد

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicالْهِنْد—

Words derived from “الهند”

Every word from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 →Every word from Middle Persian hnd →Every word from Persian هند →