𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁

Old Persian

The name Hindūš (𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁) in Old Persian cuneiform in the DNa inscription of Darius I, circa 500 BCE.

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from an Old Iranian representation of Old Indo-Aryan सिन्धु (sindhu-, “big river, Indus”)[1]; see there for further theorized descent.

Proper noun

𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /Hiⁿduš/)[2][3][4].

India (the Indus valley region under Achaemenid rule)

Derived terms

𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐎹 (Hiⁿduya)[5]
𐏃𐎡𐎭𐎢𐎺 (Hiⁿdauv)[6] (locative)

Descendants

Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (hndwkʾn' /hindūgān/, “Hindustan”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hndwkstʾn' /hindūgestān/, “Hindustan”)
- Classical Persian: هند‎ (Hind), هندوستان‎ (Hindūstān)
  Persian: هند‎ (Hend), هندوستان‎ (Hendūstān)
  - Bashkir: һинд (hind)
  - → Bengali: হিন্দ (hind), হিন্দুস্থান (hindusthan)
  - → Hindustani:
    Hindi: हिंद (hind), हिंदुस्तान (hindustān)
    Fiji Hindi: Hindustan
    Urdu: ہند‎ (hind), ہندوستان‎ (hindustān)
    - → English: Hindustan
  - → Marathi: हिन्दुस्तान (hindustān)
  - → Nepali: हिन्दुस्तान् (hindustān)
  - → Oriya: ହିନ୍ଦ୍ (hind), ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ତାନ (hindustanô)
  - → Punjabi: ਹਿੰਦ (hind), ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ (hindustān)
- → Chinese: 天竺
  - → Japanese: 天竺 (てんじく, Tenjiku)
  - → Okinawan: 天竺 (てぃんじく, Tinjiku)
  - → Korean: 천축 (Cheonchuk)
  - → Vietnamese: Thiên Trúc
- → Chinese: 印度
  - → 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)
→ Akkadian:
Late Babylonian: 𒅔𒁺𒌑 (in-du-ú /Indū/)[1]
→ Ancient Greek: Ἰνδός (Indós), Ἰνδία (Indía)
- Greek: Ινδός (Indós)
- → English: India
  - → Fiji Hindi: India
  - → Tamil: இந்தியா (intiyā)
  - → Telugu: ఇండియా (iṇḍiyā)
- → Latin: Indus
  - Catalan: Índia
  - → Latvian: Indija
  - → Lithuanian: Indija
  - Spanish: India
  - Portuguese: Índia
  - → English: Indus
→ Egyptian:
Late Egyptian:

(hndwꜣy)[7][8][9]
→ Elamite:
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄭𒅔𒁺 (hi-in-du /Hindu/), 𒄭𒅔𒁺𒆜 (hi-in-du-iš /Hinduiš/), 𒄭𒁺𒆜 (hi-du-iš /Hiduiš/)[1]
→ Hebrew: הודו‎ (Hṓddū), הֹדּוּ‎ (Hṓddū)

References

Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 26
Old Persian: Dictionary, Glossary and Concordance by Avi Bachenheimer
Dna inscription of Darius I, Line 25
Jason Neelis, Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks, BRILL 2010 p.96
Titus
Titus
Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 187
Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject L12, hndw3y (OP. Hinduš = India), Livius.org
Encyclopaedia Iranica‎ (in English), Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982, →ISBN, page 10

[tavernier-1] Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 26

[2] Old Persian: Dictionary, Glossary and Concordance by Avi Bachenheimer

[3] Dna inscription of Darius I, Line 25

[4] Jason Neelis, Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks, BRILL 2010 p.96

[5] Titus

[6] Titus

[7] Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 187

[8] Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject L12, hndw3y (OP. Hinduš = India), Livius.org

[EI-9] Encyclopaedia Iranica‎ (in English), Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982, →ISBN, page 10