hindu

hindu

See also: Hindu and hindú

Estonian

Noun

hindu

1. partitive plural of hind

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Finnish

Etymology

From Persian هندو‎ (Hindū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhindu/, [ˈhindu]
• Rhymes: -indu
• Syllabification^(key): hin‧du

Noun

hindu

1. Hindu (person)

Declension

Inflection of hindu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		hindu	hindut
genitive		hindun	hindujen
partitive		hindua	hinduja
illative		hinduun	hinduihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hindu	hindut
accusative	nom.	hindu	hindut
	gen.	hindun
genitive		hindun	hindujen
partitive		hindua	hinduja
inessive		hindussa	hinduissa
elative		hindusta	hinduista
illative		hinduun	hinduihin
adessive		hindulla	hinduilla
ablative		hindulta	hinduilta
allative		hindulle	hinduille
essive		hinduna	hinduina
translative		hinduksi	hinduiksi
instructive		—	hinduin
abessive		hindutta	hinduitta
comitative		—	hinduineen

Possessive forms of hindu (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hinduni	hindumme
2nd person	hindusi	hindunne
3rd person	hindunsa

Anagrams

• hidun, hudin

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Higaonon

Etymology

Akin to Maguindanao andaw.

Pronoun

hindu

1. where

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Persian هندو‎ (Hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-ūg), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhindu]
• Hyphenation: hin‧du
• Rhymes: -du

Adjective

hindu (comparative hindubb, superlative leghindubb)

1. Hindu (of or relating to Hinduism)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	hindu	hinduk
accusative	hindut	hindukat
dative	hindunak	hinduknak
instrumental	hinduval	hindukkal
causal-final	hinduért	hindukért
translative	hinduvá	hindukká
terminative	hinduig	hindukig
essive-formal	hinduként	hindukként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	hinduban	hindukban
superessive	hindun	hindukon
adessive	hindunál	hinduknál
illative	hinduba	hindukba
sublative	hindura	hindukra
allative	hinduhoz	hindukhoz
elative	hinduból	hindukból
delative	hinduról	hindukról
ablative	hindutól	hinduktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	hindué	hinduké
non-attributive possessive - plural	hinduéi	hindukéi

Noun

hindu (plural hinduk)

1. Hindu (adherent of Hinduism)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	hindu	hinduk
accusative	hindut	hindukat
dative	hindunak	hinduknak
instrumental	hinduval	hindukkal
causal-final	hinduért	hindukért
translative	hinduvá	hindukká
terminative	hinduig	hindukig
essive-formal	hinduként	hindukként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	hinduban	hindukban
superessive	hindun	hindukon
adessive	hindunál	hinduknál
illative	hinduba	hindukba
sublative	hindura	hindukra
allative	hinduhoz	hindukhoz
elative	hinduból	hindukból
delative	hinduról	hindukról
ablative	hindutól	hinduktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	hindué	hinduké
non-attributive possessive - plural	hinduéi	hindukéi

Possessive forms of hindu
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	hindum	hindujaim
2nd person sing.	hindud	hindujaid
3rd person sing.	hinduja	hindujai
1st person plural	hindunk	hindujaink
2nd person plural	hindutok	hindujaitok
3rd person plural	hindujuk	hindujaik

Further reading

• hindu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hinta, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic *śímta.

Noun

hindu

1. price

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Persian هندو‎ (Hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-ūg), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪndʉ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʉ

Noun

hindu m (definite singular hinduen, indefinite plural hinduer, definite plural hinduene)

1. a Hindu

Derived terms

• hinduisk
• hinduisme
• hinduistisk

References

• “hindu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Persian هندو‎ (Hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-ūg), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪndʉ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʉ

Noun

hindu m (definite singular hinduen, indefinite plural hinduar, definite plural hinduane)

1. a Hindu

Derived terms

• hinduisk
• hinduisme

References

• “hindu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Persian هندو‎ (Hindū, “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-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈdu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈdu/

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: hin‧du

Adjective

hindu m or f (plural hindus)

1. Hindu

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Swedish

Noun

hindu c

1. Hindu (adherent of Hinduism)

Declension

Declension of hindu
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	hindu	hindun	hinduer	hinduerna
Genitive	hindus	hinduns	hinduers	hinduernas

Related terms

• hinduism
• hinduisk

References

• hindu in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hindu in Svensk ordbok (SO)