هندوکش
Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian هِنْدُوکُش (hindūkuš).
Proper noun
هندوکش • (hinduküş)
- Hindu Kush (a mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan)
- Synonym: هندوکوه (hindukoh)
Descendants
- Uzbek: Hindukush
Persian
Etymology
Uncertain.
- Acording to Ibn Battuta and popular etymology, from Classical Persian هِنْدُو (hindū, “Hindu”) + کُش (kuš, present stem of کُشْتَن (kuštan, “to kill”)), literally “Hindu-killer”.[1]
- According to others, a corruption of Classical Persian هِنْدُوکوه (hindūkōh), itself a compound of هِنْدُو (hindū, “Hindu”) + کوه (kōh, “mountain”), literally “mountain of the Hindus”,[1] in which case the name would be related to the term Hindkowan used to describe people living near the region who speak Hindko.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /hin.duː.ˈkuʃ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [hɪn̪.d̪uː.kʰʊ́ʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hen̪.d̪uː.kʰóʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [hin̪.d̪u.kʰúʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | hindūkuš |
| Dari reading? | hindūkuš |
| Iranian reading? | hendukoš |
| Tajik reading? | hindukuš |
Proper noun
هندوکش • (hindūkuš / hendukoš) (Tajik spelling Ҳиндукуш)
- Hindu Kush (a mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan)
- Synonym: هندوکوه (hindūkōh / hendukuh)
Descendants
- → Arabic: هِنْدُوكُش (hindūkuš)
- → Chagatai: هندوکش (hinduküş)
- Uzbek: Hindukush
- → Chinese: 興都庫什 / 兴都库什 (Xīngdūkùshí)
- → Czech: Hindúkuš
- → English: Hindukush, Hindu-Kush, Hindu Kush
- → French: Hindoukouch, Hindou-Kouch, Hindou Kouch, Hindoukousch
- → German: Hindukusch
- → Gujarati: હિંદુકુશ (hindukuś)
- → Hindustani:
- Hindi: हिन्दूकुश (hindūkuś)
- Urdu: ہِنْدُوکُش (hindūkuś)
- → Ottoman Turkish: هندوكش (hinduküş)
- Turkish: Hindukuş
- → Polish: Hindukusz
- → Russian: Гиндуку́ш (Gindukúš)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Reclus, Élisée (1885), Keane, A. H., editor, The Earth and Its Inhabitants, volume 4, New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 19