English
Hinduness
Calque of Hindi हिंदुत्व (hindutva) / Bengali হিন্দুত্ব (hindutto, literally “Hinduness”): Hindu + -ness.
Formed from Hindu + -ness
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
noun The quality of being Hindu.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hinduness