hindu

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Estonian

Noun

hindu

1. partitive plural of hind

Finnish

Etymology

From Persian هندو (hendu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhindu/, [ˈhindu]
• Rhymes: -indu
• Hyphenation^(key): hin‧du

Noun

hindu

1. Hindu (person)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “hindu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• hidun, hudin

Higaonon

Etymology

Akin to Maguindanao andaw.

Pronoun

hindu

1. where

Hungarian

Etymology

From Persian هندو (hendu, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-ūg), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhindu]
• Hyphenation: hin‧du
• Rhymes: -du

Adjective

hindu (comparative hindubb, superlative leghindubb)

1. Hindu (of or relating to Hinduism)

Declension

Noun

hindu (plural hinduk)

1. Hindu (adherent of Hinduism)

Declension

Further reading

• hindu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hinta, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *śímta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʲindu/
• Hyphenation: hin‧du
• Rhymes: -indu

Noun

hindu

1. price

Declension

References

• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 58
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “hinta”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Persian هندو (hendu, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-ūg), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪndʉ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʉ

Noun

hindu m (definite singular hinduen, indefinite plural hinduer, definite plural hinduene)

1. a Hindu

Derived terms

• hinduisk
• hinduisme
• hinduistisk

References

• “hindu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Persian هندو (hendu, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-ūg), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪndʉ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʉ

Noun

hindu m (definite singular hinduen, indefinite plural hinduar, definite plural hinduane)

1. a Hindu

Derived terms

• hinduisk
• hinduisme

References

• “hindu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Persian هندو (hendu, “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-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: hin‧du

Adjective

hindu m or f (plural hindus)

1. Hindu

Swedish

Noun

hindu c

1. Hindu (adherent of Hinduism)

Declension

Related terms

• hinduism
• hinduisk

References

• hindu in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hindu in Svensk ordbok (SO)