Where does “ဟိန္ဒီ” come from?

ဟိန္ဒီ (Burmese) comes from Hindi हिन्दी, from Persian هندی, from Persian هند, from Middle Persian hnd, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 — India; people living beyond the Indus.

ဟိန္ဒီ (Burmese): Hindi language

Definitions

  1. Hindi language

Ancestry of “ဟိန္ဒီ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiहिन्दीAlternative spelling of हिंदी : an Indian; a...
2PersianهندیIndian
3Persianهندcustom
4Middle PersianhndIndia
5Old Persian𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁India; people living beyond the Indus
Every word from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 →Every word from Middle Persian hnd →Every word from Persian هند →