क्रिस्तान

Hindi

Etymology

From Portuguese cristão. Probably via a coastal language: compare Konkani किरिस्तांव (kiristāuva), Marathi किरिस्ताव (kiristāv), क्रिस्ताव (kristāv). The -आन (-ān) ending is likely influenced by Classical Persian مُسَلْمَان (musalmān, “Muslim”)[1] or English Christian, as -ão is usually rendered into Hindi as -आम (-ām).

Pronunciation

Noun

क्रिस्तान • (kristān) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling کِرِسْتان)

  1. Christian

References

  1. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “क्रिस्तान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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