ܗܢܕܘ

ܗܢܕܘ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܗܸܢܕܘܼ

ܐܵܬܵܐ ܕܗܸܢܕܘܼ

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [hən.dʊː]

Proper noun

ܗܸܢܕܘܼ • (hindu) f

1. A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India.
2. (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.

Derived terms

• ܗܸܢܕܘܼܵܝܵܐ‎ (hinduwaya, “Indian”)

Related terms

• ܗܸܢܕܘܼܣܵܝܵܐ‎ (hindusaya, “Hindu”)
• ܗܸܢܕܘܼܣܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ‎ (hindusayuta, “Hinduism”)

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Classical Syriac

ܡܦ ܕܗܢܕܘ

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɛndu]

Proper noun

ܗܢܕܘ • (hendū)

1. India

   Synonyms: ܗܢܕܘܣܛܐܢ‎, ܚܘܝܠܐ‎

2. Farther India (Indochina)
3. Indus river

   Synonym: ܗܢܕܝܐ‎

4. Republic of India

   Synonym: ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܕܗܢܕܘ‎

Derived terms

• ܗܢܕܘܝܐ‎ (“Indian”)
• ܗܢܕܘܐܝܬ‎ (“Hindi”)

References

• ܗܢܕܘ on syriacdictionary.net
• “hndw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Castelli, Emundi (1606-1685) Lexicon Syriacum ex eius lexico heptaglotto seorsim typis describi (in Classical Syriac), Goettingae : Dieterich, published 1788, page 227
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 104
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 357

Further reading

ܗܢܕܘ on the Aramaic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^arc