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Where does “Hintçe” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Hintçe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishHint—
2Persianهندcustom
3Middle PersianhndIndia
4Old Persian𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁India; people living beyond the Indus
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