hndwk'ʾn

Middle Persian edit

From hndwk' (Hindūg, “an Indian”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /⁠hiⁿduš⁠/), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “the Indus River”) or Proto-Iranian *sindʰu. Also see hnd (hind).

hndwk'ʾn • (Hindūgān)

Persian: هند (hend), هندوستان (Hendustân)
- Bashkir: һинд (hind)
- → Bengali: হিন্দ (hindo), হিন্দুস্থান (hindusthan)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: हिंद (hind), हिंदुस्तान (hindustān)
  Fiji Hindi: Hindustan
  
  Urdu: ہند (hind), ہندوستان (hindūstān)
  - → English: Hindustan
- → Marathi: हिंदुस्थान (hindusthān)
- → Nepali: हिन्दुस्तान् (hindustān)
- → Odia: ହିନ୍ଦ୍ (hind), ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନ (hindustanô)
- → Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦ (hind), ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ (hindustān)
→ Chinese: 天竺 (Tiānzhú)
- → Japanese: 天竺 (てんじく, Tenjiku)
- → Korean: 천축 (Cheonchuk)
- → Vietnamese: Thiên Trúc
→ Chinese: 印度 (Yìndù)
- → Japanese: インド (Indo), 印度 (インド, Indo) (rare)
- → Korean: 인도 (Indo)
- → Vietnamese: Ấn Độ
→ Chinese: 身毒
- → Japanese: 身毒 (しんどく, Shindoku)

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press