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India

See also: india, INDIA, Indïa, Ìndia, Índia, and índia

Translingual edit

 
India [1]
 
India [2]
 
India [3]

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Etymology edit

From English India.

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Noun edit

India

  1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter I.
  2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter I.
  3. (time zone) UTC+09:00
ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes for letters
code Alfa Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliett Kilo Lima Mike
November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu

Translations edit

References edit

  1. ^ DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, 2022 June, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)

English edit

 
A map of the Republic of India, with claims in light green.
 
Flag of India.
 
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Etymology edit

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “What is the evidence for direct inheritance from Old English instead of two separate borrowings from Latin?”

Inherited from Old English India, Indea, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

Compare Middle English Inde and Ynde from Old French Ynde (original form started to prevail in the 16th century), Classical Persian هند (hind, “India”), Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

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Proper noun edit

India (plural Indias)

  2. A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India. Capital: New Delhi.
  4. (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.
  5. (historical, often "British India") A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.
  6. A female given name

Usage notes edit

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 (except in the specific context of discussing Indian reunification).

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.

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Translations edit

Bharat — see Bharat

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Albanian edit

Proper noun edit

India

  1. definite nominative singular of Indi

Asturian edit

 
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Etymology edit

Ultimately from Latin India

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈindja/, [ˈĩn̪.d̪ja]
  • Rhymes: -indja
  • Hyphenation: In‧dia

Proper noun edit

India f

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

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Basque edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /india/ [ĩn̪.d̪i.a]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: In‧di‧a

Proper noun edit

India inan

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Declension edit

Declension of India (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite
absolutive India
ergative Indiak
dative Indiari
genitive Indiaren
comitative Indiarekin
causative Indiarengatik
benefactive Indiarentzat
instrumental Indiaz
inessive Indian
locative Indiako
allative Indiara
terminative Indiaraino
directive Indiarantz
destinative Indiarako
ablative Indiatik
partitive Indiarik
prolative Indiatzat

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Central Huasteca Nahuatl edit

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Latin India

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India

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Central Nahuatl edit

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India

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Latin India

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪn.diˌaː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: In‧di‧a

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India n

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

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Faroese edit

 
Republic of India

Etymology edit

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”).

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India n

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Declension edit

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative India
Accusative India
Dative India
Genitive India

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Derived terms

Fiji Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Hindi इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)

Proper noun edit

India

  1. India (a country in South Asia)
    Synonyms: Bharat, Hindustan

Galician edit

 
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Latin India

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈindja/ [ˈin̪.d̪jɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -indja
  • Hyphenation: In‧dia

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India f

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

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Hungarian edit

 India on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology edit

Latin India

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈindijɒ]
  • Hyphenation: In‧dia
  • Rhymes: -jɒ

Proper noun edit

India

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative India —
accusative Indiát —
dative Indiának —
instrumental Indiával —
causal-final Indiáért —
translative Indiává —
terminative Indiáig —
essive-formal Indiaként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Indiában —
superessive Indián —
adessive Indiánál —
illative Indiába —
sublative Indiára —
allative Indiához —
elative Indiából —
delative Indiáról —
ablative Indiától —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		Indiáé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		Indiáéi —
Possessive forms of India
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Indiám —
2nd person sing. Indiád —
3rd person sing. Indiája —
1st person plural Indiánk —
2nd person plural Indiátok —
3rd person plural Indiájuk —

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Indonesian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Dutch India, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɪndia̯]
  • Hyphenation: In‧dia

Proper noun edit

India

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

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Ingrian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian Индия (Indija).

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Noun edit

India

  1. India (a country in Asia)
    • 1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 123:
      Anglian päävladenjat ollaa India, Australia, Lounatafrikan sojuza, Kanada.
      England's main subjects are India, Australia, South African Union, Canada.

Declension edit

Declension of India (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative India —
genitive Indian —
partitive Indiaa —
illative Indiaa —
inessive Indiaas —
elative Indiast —
allative Indialle —
adessive Indiaal —
ablative Indialt —
translative Indiaks —
essive Indianna, Indiaan —
exessive1) Indiant —
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Irish edit

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Latin India

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An India f (genitive na hIndia, nominative plural na hIndiacha)

  1. India (a country in South Asia; official name: Poblacht na hIndia)

Usage notes edit

Always preceded by the definite article.

Declension edit

Declension of India

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative India Indiacha
Vocative a India a Indiacha
Genitive India Indiacha
Dative India Indiacha

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an India na hIndiacha
Genitive na hIndia na nIndiacha
Dative leis an India

don India

leis na hIndiacha

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
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 edit

  • “India”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • Entries containing “India” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Italian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Latin India.

Pronunciation edit

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India f

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

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Latin edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin.

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India f sg (genitive Indiae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)
  2. (New Latin) India (a country in South Asia)

Declension edit

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative India
Genitive Indiae
Dative Indiae
Accusative Indiam
Ablative Indiā
Vocative India

Descendants edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

 
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Etymology edit

Latin India

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India

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

Latin India

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India

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Latin India

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India

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

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Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Latin India.

Proper noun edit

India f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Índia

Romanian edit

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Latin India

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India f

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Slovak edit

 
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India f (genitive singular Indie, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

References edit

  • “India”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš) (modern Persian هند (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈindja/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪ja]
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -indja
  • Syllabification: In‧dia

Proper noun edit

India f

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Usage notes edit

  • The definite article is optional when referring to India in Spanish (i.e. la India).

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Further reading edit

Swahili edit

 
Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English India.

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India

  1. India (a country in South Asia)
    Synonyms: Uhindi, Hindi

Welsh edit

 
Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
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India f

  1. India (a country in South Asia)

Usage notes edit

In older, more formal language, this country name is found preceded by the definite article yr.

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Yoruba edit

 
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Etymology edit

From English India.

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /í.ŋ́.dí.à/

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Íńdíà

  1. India (a country in South Asia)
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