ܗܢܕܘ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܗܢܕܘ

ܐܬܐ ܕܗܢܕܘ

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈhɪn.duː]

Proper noun

ܗܸܢܕܘܼ • (hindū) f

1. India (a country in South Asia; official name: Republic of India)
2. (historical) India (area of land in Southern Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river)

Derived terms

• ܗܸܢܕܘܵܝܵܐ (hindwāyā, “Indian”)
• ܓܵܘܙܵܐ ܕܗܸܢܕܘܼ (gāwzā d-hindū, “nutmeg, coconut”, literally “walnut of India”)

Related terms

• ܗܸܢܕܘܼܫܵܝܵܐ (hindūšāyā, “Hindu”)
• ܗܸܢܕܘܼܫܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (hindūšāyūṯā, “Hinduism”)

Classical Syriac

ܡܦ ܕܗܢܕܘ

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɛndu]

Proper noun

ܗܢܕܘ • (hendū)

1. India

   Synonyms: ܗܢܕܘܣܛܐܢ, ܚܘܝܠܐ

2. Farther India (Indochina)
3. Indus river

   Synonym: ܗܢܕܝܐ

4. Republic of India

   Synonym: ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܕܗܢܕܘ

Derived terms

• ܗܢܕܘܝܐ (“Indian”)
• ܗܢܕܘܐܝܬ (“Hindi”)

References

• ܗܢܕܘ on syriacdictionary.net
• “hndw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Castell, Edmund (1606-1685) Lexicon Syriacum ex eius lexico heptaglotto seorsim typis describi (in Classical Syriac), Goettingae : Dieterich, published 1788, page 227
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 104
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 357

Further reading

ܗܢܕܘ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^arc