Hindu
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Hindoo (dated)
EtymologyEdit
From Persian هندو (hendu, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hindu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *síndʰuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
Hindu (not comparable)
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
of or relating to Hinduism
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of or relating to Hindus and their culture
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NounEdit
Hindu (plural Hindus)
SynonymsEdit
- Sanatani, Sanatanist (revivalist, conservative)
- bhakt (a devotee; may sometimes be derogatory)
HypernymsEdit
Coordinate termsEdit
- (religionists) religionist; agnostic, Asatruar, atheist, Baháʼí, Buddhist, Christian, deist, Druid, Druze, Eckist, heathen, Hindu, Jain, Jedi, Jew, Jucheist, Mormon, Mormonist, Muslim, Odinist, pagan, Pastafarian, Raëlian, Rastafarian, Rodnover, Samaritan, Shintoist, Sikh, Taoist, Unitarian Universalist, Wiccan, Yahwist, Yazidi, Zoroastrian (Category: en:Religion) [edit]
Related termsEdit
- Vaishnava (a worshipper of Vishnu)
- Saiva, Saivite (a worshipper of Shiva)
- Sakta (a worshipper of the goddess Shakti)
TranslationsEdit
religious adherent
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AnagramsEdit
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
Hindu m (strong, genitive Hindu or Hindus, plural Hindu or Hindus)
- Hindu (male or of unspecified gender)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Hindu [masculine, strong]
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
NounEdit
Hindu f (genitive Hindu, plural Hindu or Hindus)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Hindu [feminine]
Further readingEdit
- “Hindu” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Hindu (Gläubiger)” in Duden online
- “Hindu (Gläubige)” in Duden online
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Hindu
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Hindu | — |
accusative | Hindut | — |
dative | Hindunak | — |
instrumental | Hinduval | — |
causal-final | Hinduért | — |
translative | Hinduvá | — |
terminative | Hinduig | — |
essive-formal | Hinduként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Hinduban | — |
superessive | Hindun | — |
adessive | Hindunál | — |
illative | Hinduba | — |
sublative | Hindura | — |
allative | Hinduhoz | — |
elative | Hinduból | — |
delative | Hinduról | — |
ablative | Hindutól | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Hindué | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Hinduéi | — |
Possessive forms of Hindu | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Hindum | — |
2nd person sing. | Hindud | — |
3rd person sing. | Hinduja | — |
1st person plural | Hindunk | — |
2nd person plural | Hindutok | — |
3rd person plural | Hindujuk | — |