𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁
Old Persian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from an Old Iranian representation of Old Indo-Aryan सिन्धु (sindhu-, “big river, Indus”);[1] see there for further theorized descent.
Proper noun
edit𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /Hiⁿduš/).[2][3][4]
- India (the Indus valley region under Achaemenid rule)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hndwkʾn' /hindūgān/, “Hindustan”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hndwkstʾn' /hindūgestān/, “Hindustan”)
- Classical Persian: هند (Hind), هندوستان (Hindūstān)
- Persian: هند (hend), هندوستان (hendustân)
- → Bashkir: һинд (hind)
- → Bengali: হিন্দু (hindu), হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan)
- → Hindustani:
- → English: Hindustan
- → Marathi: हिन्दुस्तान (hindustān)
- → Nepali: हिन्दुस्तान् (hindustān)
- → Odia: ହିନ୍ଦ୍ (hind), ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନ (hindustāna)
- → Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦ (hind), ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ (hindustān)
- → Chinese: 天竺 (Tiānzhú)
- → Japanese: 天竺 (てんじく, Tenjiku)
- → Okinawan: 天竺 (てぃんじく, Tinjiku)
- → Korean: 천축 (Cheonchuk)
- → Vietnamese: Thiên Trúc
- → Chinese: 印度 (Yìndù)
- → Chinese: 身毒
- → Japanese: 身毒 (しんどく, Shindoku)
- Classical Persian: هند (Hind), هندوستان (Hindūstān)
- → Akkadian:
- → Ancient Greek: Ἰνδός (Indós), Ἰνδία (Indía)
- → Egyptian:
- → Elamite:
- → Hebrew: הודו (Hṓddū), הֹדּוּ (Hṓddū)
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 26
- ^ Old Persian: Dictionary, Glossary and Concordance by Avi Bachenheimer
- ^ Dna inscription of Darius I, Line 25
- ^ Jason Neelis, Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks, BRILL 2010 p.96
- ^ Titus
- ^ Titus
- ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 187
- ^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject L12, hndw3y (OP. Hinduš = India), Livius.org
- ^ Yar-Shater, Ehsan (1982) Encyclopaedia Iranica[1], Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN, page 10