Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian հնդիկ (hndik).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

հնդիկ (hndik)

  1. Indian (a person from India)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [script needed] (hndwk' /⁠hindūg⁠/), Persian هندی (hendi, Indian).

Noun edit

հնդիկ (hndik)

  1. Indian (a person from India)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հնդիկ (hndik)

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հնդիկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 47–48
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “հնդիկ”, in Baṙgirkʿ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan. Ašxarhagrakan anuankʿ [Armenian–Italian Dictionary. Appendix of Geographic Names], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “հնդիկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy