Where does “हिन्दु” come from?

हिन्दु (Sanskrit) 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.

हिन्दु (Sanskrit): a Hindu

Definitions

  1. a Hindu

Ancestry of “हिन्दु”, 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

Words derived from “हिन्दु”

Every word from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 →Every word from Middle Persian hnd →Every word from Middle Persian hndwk' →