হিন্দকী
Bengali
editAlternative forms
edit- হিংদকী (hiṅdoki)
Etymology
editTerm is made up with هند (হিন্দ) + كی (কী), literally means 'of Hind'.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editহিন্দকী • (hindoki)
- the people of Indian descent who have converted to Islam, found in Peshawar and other parts of Afghanistan.[1]
References
edit- ^ Henry Yule (1903) “Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive”, in dsal.uchicago.edu[1], archived from the original on 19 December 2023