Hindu

Hin·du

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 Indus

designating or of the Hindus or Hinduism

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Hindu

adjective

Of or relating to Hinduism.
Of or relating to the Hindus and their culture.

noun

An adherent of Hinduism.

Origin of Hindu

Persian Hindū from Hind India ; see Hindi .

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Adjective

(not comparable)

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

Proper noun

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

Noun

(plural Hindus)

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

Origin

From Persian (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”).