Hindu
English
Alternative forms
- Hindoo (dated)
Etymology
From Persian هندو (Hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hindu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *síndʰuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰuš (“river”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɪnduː/
Adjective
Hindu (not comparable)
Translations
of or relating to Hinduism
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of or relating to Hindus and their culture
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Proper noun
Hindu
- An origin of many religions including Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism.
Noun
Hindu (plural Hindus)
- A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).
- (dated) Any native inhabitant of Hindustan, especially one of the Dravidian or Aryan races.
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
- (religionists) religion, religionist; Baha'i, Buddhist, Christian, Confucianist, deist, Druid, Eckist, heathen, Hindu, Jain, Jew, Muslim, pagan, Rastafarian, Raëlian, Shintoist, Sikh, Taoist, Unitarian Universalist, Wiccan, Zoroastrian (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Translations
religious adherent
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Anagrams
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhindu]
- Hyphenation: Hin‧du
Proper noun
Hindu
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Hindu | — |
| accusative | Hindut | — |
| dative | Hindunak | — |
| instrumental | Hinduval | — |
| causal-final | Hinduért | — |
| translative | Hinduvá | — |
| terminative | Hinduig | — |
| essive-formal | Hinduként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Hinduban | — |
| superessive | Hindun | — |
| adessive | Hindunál | — |
| illative | Hinduba | — |
| sublative | Hindura | — |
| allative | Hinduhoz | — |
| elative | Hinduból | — |
| delative | Hinduról | — |
| ablative | Hindutól | — |
| Possessive forms of Hindu | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Hindum | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Hindud | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Hinduja | — |
| 1st person plural | Hindunk | — |
| 2nd person plural | Hindutok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Hindujuk | — |
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