English
Hinduland
From Hindu + -land.
Formed from Hindu + -land
Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš ‘river’
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Sanskrit सिन्धु ‘river, stream’
Old Persian Old Persian form ‘India’
Middle Persian hndwk' ‘Indian’
Classical Persian هِنْدُو ‘Indian, Hindu’
English Hindu
Today it means
name Synonym of India.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hinduland