India
Translingual
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India [2] |
Alternative forms
- india
Etymology
From English India.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɪndia][1]
Noun
India
- (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU& IMO phonetic alphabet code for the letter I.
- (nautical) Signal flag for the letter I.
Translations
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References
- DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, June 2022, page Anhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)
English
![](Images/wiktionary/India_(orthographic_projection).svg.png.webp)
![](Images/wiktionary/Flag_of_India.svg.png.webp)
Etymology
From Old English India, Indea, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).
Compare Middle English Inde and Ynde from Old French Ynde (original form started to prevail in the 16th century), Persian هند (hend, “India”), Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).
Pronunciation
- (India) IPA(key): /ˈɪɳ.ɖɪə̯/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.dɪə/
- (US) enPR: ĭnʹdēə, IPA(key): /ˈɪn.di.ə/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
India (plural Indias)
- A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India.
- (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) An area of land in Southern Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.
- (historical, often "British India") A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.
- A female given name
Usage notes
When discussing the pre-modern history of South Asia, naming the entire subcontinent India is common. For discussing the current states, which include the Republic of India, this can cause offense and confusion and is usually avoided with the terms Indian Subcontinent or South Asia (except in the specific context of discussing Indian reunification).
At times when multiple countries existed in South Asia, these have sometimes been pluralised as Indias or Indies. The word Indies survives in some place names such as East Indies and West Indies but is otherwise obsolete.
Synonyms
- (Republic of India): Bharat, Hinduland (rare), Hindustan
- (Landmass): Indian subcontinent, South Asia (usually including Indian Ocean nations), the subcontinent
Meronyms
- (the subcontinent): Pakistan, Bangladesh
Derived terms
- Farther India
- India matting
- India paper
- India proof
- india rubber
- Indian
- Indiana
Descendants
- → Hawaiian: ʻĪnia, ʻInia
Translations
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See also
- Countries of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
- (states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal (Category: en:States of India)
- Bharat
- Urdu
Anagrams
- I and I, NIAID, iniad
Albanian
Proper noun
India
- definite nominative singular of Indi
Asturian
Etymology
Latin India
Proper noun
India f
- India (country)
Related terms
- indiu
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Latin India
Proper noun
India
- India (a country in Asia)
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
India
- India (a country in Asia)
Dutch
Etymology
Latin India
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪn.diˌaː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: In‧di‧a
Proper noun
India n
- India (country)
Related terms
- hindoe
- Indiaas
- Indiër / Indiase
Faroese
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Etymology
From Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš) (Persian هند (Hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪntia/
Proper noun
India n
- India
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | India |
Accusative | India |
Dative | India |
Genitive | India |
Derived terms
- indari
- indi
- indiskur
- indverji
Fiji Hindi
Etymology
Hindi इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)
Proper noun
India
- India
- Synonyms: Bharat, Hindustan
Galician
Etymology
Latin India
Proper noun
India f
- India
Related terms
- indio
Hungarian
Etymology
Latin India
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈindijɒ]
- Hyphenation: In‧dia
- Rhymes: -jɒ
Proper noun
India
- India (a country in South Asia; official name: Republic of India)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | India | — |
accusative | Indiát | — |
dative | Indiának | — |
instrumental | Indiával | — |
causal-final | Indiáért | — |
translative | Indiává | — |
terminative | Indiáig | — |
essive-formal | Indiaként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Indiában | — |
superessive | Indián | — |
adessive | Indiánál | — |
illative | Indiába | — |
sublative | Indiára | — |
allative | Indiához | — |
elative | Indiából | — |
delative | Indiáról | — |
ablative | Indiától | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular | Indiáé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural | Indiáéi | — |
Possessive forms of India | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Indiám | — |
2nd person sing. | Indiád | — |
3rd person sing. | Indiája | — |
1st person plural | Indiánk | — |
2nd person plural | Indiátok | — |
3rd person plural | Indiájuk | — |
Derived terms
- indiai
See also
- Indiai Köztársaság
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch India, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɪndia̯]
- Hyphenation: In‧dia
Proper noun
India
- India (place)
See also
- (countries of Asia) negara-negara di Asia; Afganistan, Arab Saudi, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Filipina, India, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Jepang, Kamboja, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea Selatan, Korea Utara, Kuwait, Laos, Libanon, Maladewa, Malaysia, Mesir, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestina, Qatar, Rusia, Singapura, Siprus, Sri Lanka, Suriah, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tiongkok, Turki, Turkmenistan, Uni Emirat Arab, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yaman, Yordania
Further reading
- “India” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology
Latin India
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪnʲdʲiə/
Proper noun
An India f (genitive na hIndia, nominative plural na hIndiacha)
- India
- Synonym: Poblacht na hIndia
Usage notes
Always preceded by the definite article.
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- Fo-Ilchríoch na hIndia f (“the Indian subcontinent”)
- Indiach (“Indian”, adjective)
- Indiach m (“Indian”)
- Na hIndiacha (“the Indies”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
India | nIndia | hIndia | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “India” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Entries containing “India” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin India.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈin.dja/
- Rhymes: -indja
- Hyphenation: Ìn‧dia
Proper noun
India f
- A country in South Asia
Derived terms
- Indie
- indiano
Anagrams
- daini
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin.
Proper noun
India f sg (genitive Indiae); first declension
- (Late Latin) India (a region of South Asia)
- (New Latin) India (the modern country in South Asia)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | India |
Genitive | Indiae |
Dative | Indiae |
Accusative | Indiam |
Ablative | Indiā |
Vocative | India |
Descendants
- Sicilian: Ìnnia
References
- India in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- India in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Malagasy
Etymology
Latin India
Proper noun
India
- India
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Latin India
Proper noun
India
- India
Derived terms
- Indiahavet
Related terms
- inder
- indisk
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Latin India
Proper noun
India
- India
Derived terms
- Indiahavet
Related terms
- indar
- indisk
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin India.
Proper noun
India f
- Obsolete spelling of Índia
Romanian
Etymology
Latin India
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
India f
- India (country)
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈindi̯a]
Proper noun
India f (genitive singular Indie, declension pattern of ulica)
- India (a country in Asia)
References
- India in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš) (modern Persian هند (Hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈindja/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪ja]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -indja
- Syllabification: In‧dia
Proper noun
India f
- India
Usage notes
The definite article is optional when referring to India in Spanish (i.e. la India).
Related terms
- indio
Further reading
- “India”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from English India.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun
India
- India (a country in South Asia)
- Synonyms: Uhindi, Hindi
Welsh
Proper noun
yr India f
- India (a country in Asia)
Derived terms
- cnau'r India (“nutmegs”)
Yoruba
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Etymology
From English India.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /í.ŋ́.dí.à/
Proper noun
Íńdíà
- India (a country in South Asia)