ہندوانا

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ہِن٘دَواݨا or ہِن٘دَوانا (hindavāṇā or hindavānā) (Gurmukhi ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ or ਹਿੰਦਵਾਨਾ)

1. the Hindus; Hindu people

ہِن٘دَواݨا or ہِن٘دَوانا (hindavāṇā or hindavānā) (Gurmukhi ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ or ਹਿੰਦਵਾਨਾ)

1. Hindu; relating to Hinduism

• Punjabi: hindvāṇā (Hindu people, Hindu)

  Gurmukhi script: ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ

  Shahmukhi script: ہندواݨا

• “ہندوانا”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2026

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪnd̪.ʋäː.ɳäː/
• Rhymes: -äː

First attested as Old Punjabi ہندواݨا (hindavāṇā).

ہِن٘دوَاݨا • (hindvāṇā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ)

1. (archaic) the Hindus, Hindu people

   گنگ بنارس دا ہندواݨا

   gaṉg banāras dā hindvāṇā

   The Hindus of Benares, Ganges

ہِن٘دوَاݨا • (hindvāṇā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ)

1. (archaic) Hindu; relating to Hinduism

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ہِن٘دوَاݨا • (hindvāṇā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ)

1. alternative spelling of ہندواݨہ (hiṉdvāṇah)

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “ہِندوانا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2026

Derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُوَانَه (hinduwāna). Compare Punjabi ہدواݨہ (hadvāṇah).

ہندوانا (handvānā)

1. watermelon

   Synonym: ہمدانا (hamdānā)