Where does “ഹിന്ദു” come from?

ഹിന്ദു (Malayalam) comes from Hindi हिंदू, from Persian هندو, from Middle Persian hndwk', from Middle Persian hnd, from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 — India; people living beyond the Indus.

ഹിന്ദു (Malayalam): Hindu; adherent of Hinduism

Definitions

  1. Hindu; adherent of Hinduism

Ancestry of “ഹിന്ദു”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HindiहिंदूA Hindu; Hindu
2Persianهندوa Hindu, a practitioner of India's indigenous...
3Middle Persianhndwk'an Indian
4Middle PersianhndIndia
5Old Persian𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁India; people living beyond the Indus
Every word from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 →Every word from Middle Persian hnd →Every word from Middle Persian hndwk' →