India
Translingual
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈindiˑɑ]
Symbol
India
- The letter I in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
English
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A map of the Republic of India, with claims in light green.
Flag of India.
Etymology
From Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš) (Persian هند (hend)), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “a river, stream”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ĭnʹdēə, IPA(key): /ˈɪndi.ə/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
India (plural Indias)
- A country in South Asia, official name Republic of India.
- (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) An area of land in Southern Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.
- (historical, often "British India") A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Burma.
- The letter I in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Usage notes
When discussing the pre-modern history of South Asia, naming the entire subcontinent India is common. For discussing the current states, which include the Republic of India, this can cause offense and confusion and is usually avoided with the terms Indian Subcontinent or South Asia.
At times when multiple countries existed in South Asia, these have sometimes been pluralised as Indias or Indies. The word Indies survives in some place names such as East Indies and West Indies but is otherwise obsolete.
Synonyms
- (Republic of India): Bharat, Hindustan
- (Landmass): Indian subcontinent, South Asia (usually including Indian Ocean nations), the subcontinent
Meronyms
- (the subcontinent): Pakistan, Bangladesh
Derived terms
Derived terms
- India matting
- India paper
- India proof
Translations
the country
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the letter "I"
Bharat — see Bharat
See also
- (states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Bharat
- Urdu
- Countries of the world
- Appendix:Place names in India
Anagrams
Asturian
Proper noun
India f
- India (country)
Related terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪn.diˌaː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: In‧di‧a
Proper noun
India n
- India (country)
Related terms
Faroese
Republic of India
Etymology
From Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš) (Persian هند (Hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪntia/
Proper noun
India n
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | India |
| Accusative | India |
| Dative | India |
| Genitive | India |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- indari
- indi
- indiskur
- indverji
Fiji Hindi
Proper noun
India
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈindiʲɒ]
- Hyphenation: In‧dia
Proper noun
India
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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| singular | plural | |
| nominative | India | Indiák |
| accusative | Indiát | Indiákat |
| dative | Indiának | Indiáknak |
| instrumental | Indiával | Indiákkal |
| causal-final | Indiáért | Indiákért |
| translative | Indiává | Indiákká |
| terminative | Indiáig | Indiákig |
| essive-formal | Indiaként | Indiákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Indiában | Indiákban |
| superessive | Indián | Indiákon |
| adessive | Indiánál | Indiáknál |
| illative | Indiába | Indiákba |
| sublative | Indiára | Indiákra |
| allative | Indiához | Indiákhoz |
| elative | Indiából | Indiákból |
| delative | Indiáról | Indiákról |
| ablative | Indiától | Indiáktól |
| Possessive forms of India | ||
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| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Indiám | Indiáim |
| 2nd person sing. | Indiád | Indiáid |
| 3rd person sing. | Indiája | Indiái |
| 1st person plural | Indiánk | Indiáink |
| 2nd person plural | Indiátok | Indiáitok |
| 3rd person plural | Indiájuk | Indiáik |
Related terms
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪnʲdʲiə/
Proper noun
An India f (genitive na hIndia, nominative plural na hIndiacha)
- India
- Synonym: Poblacht na hIndia
Usage notes
Always preceded by the definite article.
Declension
Declension of India
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
Terms derived from India
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| India | nIndia | hIndia | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- “India” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “India” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Italian
Proper noun
India f (plural Indie)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía).
Proper noun
India f (genitive Indiae); first declension
- (Late Latin) India (a region of South Asia)
- (New Latin) India (the modern country in South Asia)
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular |
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| nominative | India |
| genitive | Indiae |
| dative | Indiae |
| accusative | Indiam |
| ablative | Indiā |
| vocative | India |
References
- India in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- India in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Malagasy
Proper noun
India
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
India
Derived terms
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
India
Derived terms
Related terms
Portuguese
Proper noun
India f
- Obsolete spelling of Índia
Romanian
Proper noun
India f
- India (country)
Spanish
Proper noun
India f
Swahili
Etymology
Proper noun
India
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