English

Adjective

Hindu ‎(not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.

Translations

Proper noun

Hindu

1. An origin of many religions including Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism.

Noun

Hindu ‎(plural Hindus)

1. A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).
2. (dated) Any native inhabitant of Hindustan, especially one of the Dravidian or Aryan races.

Hypernyms

• religionist

Coordinate terms

• (religionists) religion, religionist; African traditionalist,‎ animist,‎ Asatruar,‎ Baha'i,‎ Buddhist,‎ Christian,‎ Confucianist,‎ deist,‎ Druid,‎ Eckist,‎ freethinker,‎ heathen,‎ Hindu,‎ Jain,‎ Jew,‎ LaVeyan,‎ Luciferian,‎ Muslim,‎ mysticist,‎ New Thoughter,‎ New Ager,‎ occultist,‎ Odinist,‎ pagan,‎ Rastafarian,‎ Raëlian,‎ religious humanist,‎ Santerían,‎ Scientologist,‎ shamanist,‎ Shintoist,‎ Sikh,‎ spiritist,‎ Taoist,‎ Tenrikyoist,‎ Thelemite,‎ theosophist,‎ Unitarian Universalist,‎ Wiccan,‎ Zoroastrian ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

Translations

Anagrams

• unhid

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhindu]
• Hyphenation: Hin‧du

Proper noun

Hindu

1. (astronomy) Indus

Declension

Finnish

Noun

hindu

1. Hindu (person)

Declension

Anagrams

• hidun, hudin

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

Adjective

hindu

1. Hindu (of or relating to Hinduism)

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

hindu ‎(plural hinduk)

1. Hindu (adherent of Hinduism)

Declension

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.

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

1. Hindu

Inflection

Derived terms

• hinduisk
• hinduisme

References

• “hindu” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ˈdu/
• Hyphenation: hin‧du
• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

hindu ‎(plural hindus, comparable)

1. Hindu
2. Indian (of India)