Where does “هندی” come from?

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

هندی (Persian): Indian

Definitions

  1. Indian

Ancestry of “هندی”, step by step

هندی traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian هند

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianهندcustom
2Middle PersianhndIndia
3Old Persian𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁India; people living beyond the Indus

via Arabic هندي

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArabicهنديIndian; Hindi
2Arabicـِيّ{{n-g|suffix used to derive adjectives and...

via Hindi हुंडी

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiहुंडीcheque, bill of exchange; draft
2Sanskritहुण्डिकाa bill of exchange

Words derived from “هندی”

Every word from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 →Every word from Middle Persian hnd →Every word from Persian هند →