hndwk'
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Middle Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐎹 (hinduya), gentilic of Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hinduš), itself from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “the Indus River”) or Proto-Iranian *sindʰu. Also see hnd (hind).
Noun
[edit]hndwk' • (Hindūg)
- an Indian
Derived terms
[edit]- hndwk'ʾn (Hindūgān, “India, Hindustan”)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press