הודו
Hebrew edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /hindūš/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”) or from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “a river, stream”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈhoːd.duː/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈho.du/
(file)
Proper noun edit
- (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)
- Tanach, Esther 1:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הוּא אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הַמֹּלֵךְ מֵהֹדּוּ וְעַד־כּוּשׁ שֶׁבַע וְעֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה מְדִינָה׃
- vay'hí biméi 'akhashverósh hú 'akhashverósh hamolékh mehódu v'ad-kúsh shéva' v'esrím ume'á m'diná.
wayəhī bīmē ʾăḥašwērōš hū ʾăḥašwērōš hammōlēḵ mēhṓddū wəʿaḏ-kūš šéḇaʿ wəʿeśrīm ūmēʾā məḏīnā. - Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus – this is Ahasuerus who reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces...
- vay'hí biméi 'akhashverósh hú 'akhashverósh hamolékh mehódu v'ad-kúsh shéva' v'esrím ume'á m'diná.
- India (a country in South Asia)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From the above; ellipsis of תרנגול הודו/תַּרְנְגוֹל הֹדּוּ (tarn'gól hódu, literally “India fowl”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈhodu/
Noun edit
- a turkey (a bird of either of the species Meleagris gallopavo, Meleagris ocellata)
- turkey (the meat of such a bird)
- 2015, Ariana Harwicz, translated by Michal Shalev, תמות, אהובי [Die, My Love], Zikit Publishing House, translation of Matate, amor (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 15:
- הזיכרון האחרון שיש לי מההיריון הוא מחג המולד, עם כל המשפחה של בעלי שבאה מכפרים נידחים עוד יותר מהכפר הזה. הבטן התהפכה לי, התינוק שלי זז במהירות לא רגילה, כולם החזיקו אצבעות שלא יצטרכו לצאת בריצה למחלקת היולדות ויוכלו לגמור לאכול את ההודו במילוי תפוחים.
- The last memory I have from my pregnancy is from Christmas, with my husband’s whole family who came from villages more remote than this village. My belly turned over, my baby moved with abnormal speed, everyone held their fingers who did not need to leave hurriedly from the maternity ward to be able to finish eating the turkey stuffed with apples.
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /hoːˈðuː/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /hoˈdu/
Verb edit
הוֹדוּ • (hodú)
- Masculine plural imperative of הוֹדָה (hodá)