हिंद

See also: हद, हदें, हदों, हिंदू, हिंदी, हौद, हृदा, and हृद्

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هند (hind), from Middle Persian hnd (hind), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”) or from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “a river, stream”). Doublet of सिंध (sindh).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪnd̪/, [ɦɪ̃n̪d̪]

Proper noun

हिंद • (hind) m (Urdu spelling ہند)

1. India (a country in South Asia)

   Synonyms: हिंदुस्तान (hindustān), भारत (bhārat), इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)

   जय हिंद! ― jay hind! ― Hail India!

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

Declension

Declension of हिंद (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	हिंद hind
oblique	हिंद hind
vocative	हिंद hind

Alternative forms

• हिन्द (hind)