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Where does “هندو” come from?

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

هندو (Persian): a Hindu, a practitioner of India's indigenous...

Definitions

  1. a Hindu, a practitioner of India's indigenous...

Ancestry of “هندو”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persianhndwk'an Indian
2Middle PersianhndIndia
3Old Persian𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁India; people living beyond the Indus

Words derived from “هندو”

  • Hindu
  • Hindustan
  • Hindustani
  • Hinduization
  • Hinduness
  • Hinduistic
  • Hindudom
  • Hinduist
  • Hinduize
  • Hinduphobia
  • Hinduistically
  • hinduista
  • hindú
  • hinduismo
  • hindu
  • hinduisme
  • hinduisk
  • hindu
  • hinduk
  • hindu
  • hindut
  • hinduisme
  • hinduisk
  • hindu
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