ܗܢܕܘ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
ܗܸܢܕܘܼ • (hindū) f
- India (a country in South Asia; official name: Republic of India)
- (historical) India (area of land in Southern Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river)
Derived terms edit
- ܗܸܢܕܘܼܵܝܵܐ (hindūwāyā, “Indian”)
- ܓܵܘܙܵܐ ܕܗܸܢܕܘܼ (gāwzā d-hindū, “nutmeg, coconut”, literally “walnut of India”)
Related terms edit
- ܗܸܢܕܘܼܣܵܝܵܐ (hindūsāyā, “Hindu”)
- ܗܸܢܕܘܼܣܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ (hindūsāyūtā, “Hinduism”)
Classical Syriac edit
Etymology edit
From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š)
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
ܗܢܕܘ • (hendū)
- India
- Farther India (Indochina)
- Indus river
- Synonym: ܗܢܕܝܐ
- Republic of India
- Synonym: ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܕܗܢܕܘ
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ܗܢܕܘ on syriacdictionary.net
- “hndw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Castelli, Emundi (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 edit
ܗܢܕܘ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia arc