- Archaic a person born or living in India or on the Indian subcontinent
- a follower of Hinduism
Origin of Hindu
Persian Hind? from Hind, India from Old Persian Hindu, India, land of the Indus from Sanskrit sindhu, river, the IndusOrigin of Hindu
Persian Hind? from Hind, India from Old Persian Hindu, India, land of the Indus from Sanskrit sindhu, river, the Indus
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Origin of Hindu
Persian Hindū from Hind India ; see Hindi .
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(plural Hindus)
From Persian هندو (Hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian (hindu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindhu (“river”).
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