হিন্দ

See also: হিন্দী and হিন্দু

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هند (hind), from Middle Persian hnd (hind), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš. Doublet of সিন্ধু (śindhu).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /hind̪/, [hind̪], /hind̪o/, [hind̪oˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /hind̪/, [hind̪], /hind̪o/, [hind̪oˑ]

Proper noun

হিন্দ • (hind, hindo)

1. India (a country in South Asia)

   Synonyms: হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan), ভারত (bharot), ইন্ডিয়া (inḍiẏa)

   জয় হিন্দ ― joẏ 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)