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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Persian | هند | custom |
| 2 | Middle Persian | hnd | India |
| 3 | Old Persian | 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 | India; people living beyond the Indus |