Where does “ওয়েস্ট ইন্ডিজ়” come from?
ওয়েস্ট ইন্ডিজ় (Bengali) comes from English West Indies, from English Indies, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁, from Sanskrit सिन्धु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan síndʰuṣ.
ওয়েস্ট ইন্ডিজ় (Bengali): A Federation of Caribbean states which, together with Guyana, play Test matches as if they were a single nation
Definitions
- A Federation of Caribbean states which, together with Guyana, play Test matches as if they were a single nation
Ancestry of “ওয়েস্ট ইন্ডিজ়”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | West Indies | A Federation of Caribbean states which, together with Guyana, play Test matches as if they were a single nation |
| 2 | English | Indies | The East Indies, including India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia and adjacent lands |
| 3 | Latin | India | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδία | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ἰνδός | an inhabitant of India or the Indian... |
| 6 | Old Persian | 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 | India; people living beyond the Indus |
| 7 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु | a river, stream; flood, waters; ocean, sea |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | síndʰuṣ | river, ocean; flow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | síndʰuš | river, stream |
| 10 | Sanskrit | सिन्धु॑ | — |