हिण्ड्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হিণ্ড্ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬶᬡ᭄ᬟ᭄ (Balinese script)
• হিণ্ড্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰰𑰜𑰿𑰚𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀟𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဟိဏ္ဍ် (Burmese script)
• હિણ્ડ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਿਣ੍ਡ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌿𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦶꦟ꧀ꦝ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂱𑂝𑂹𑂙𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಿಣ್ಡ್ (Kannada script)
• ហិណ្ឌ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຫິຓ຺ຑ຺ (Lao script)
• ഹിണ്ഡ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡳᢏᡷ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘱𑘜𑘿𑘚𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠢᢏᢎ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧒𑦼𑧠𑦺𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐶𑐞𑑂𑐜𑑂 (Newa script)
• ହିଣ୍ଡ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢶꢠ꣄ꢞ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆴𑆟𑇀𑆝𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖰𑖜𑖿𑖚𑖿 (Siddham script)
• හිණ‍්ඩ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩑𑩪 𑪙𑩨 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚮𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஹிண்ட்³ (Tamil script)
• హిణ్డ్ (Telugu script)
• หิณฺฑฺ (Thai script)
• ཧི་ཎྜ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒱𑒝𑓂𑒛𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨁𑨘𑩇𑨖𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Related to New Indo-Aryan [script needed] (*hiṭṭ-) and [script needed] (*haṭṭ-), and probably borrowed from a foreign source.

The meaning of "to be empty", attested in some texts, is likely spurious.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦiɳɖ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦiɳɖ/

Root

हिण्ड् • (hiṇḍ)

1. to go, move, wander, or roam about
2. to disregard, slight

Derived terms

• अहिण्डन्त (ahiṇḍanta)
• जिहिण्डे (jihiṇḍe)
• हिण्डते (hiṇḍate)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हिण्ड्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1298/2.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 205
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 539
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 594