hndwk'
Middle Persian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐎹 (hinduya), gentilic of Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hinduš), itself from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “the Indus River”) or Proto-Iranian *sindʰu. Also see hnd (hind).
Noun
edithndwk' • (Hindūg)
- an Indian
Derived terms
edit- hndwk'ʾn (Hindūgān, “India, Hindustan”)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press