हिण्ड्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

হিণ্ড্ (Assamese script)
ᬳᬶᬡ᭄ᬟ᭄ (Balinese script)
হিণ্ড্ (Bengali script)
𑰮𑰰𑰜𑰿𑰚𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀳𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀟𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဟိဏ္ဍ် (Burmese script)
હિણ્ડ્ (Gujarati script)
ਹਿਣ੍ਡ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌹𑌿𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦲꦶꦟ꧀ꦝ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂯𑂱𑂝𑂹𑂙𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಹಿಣ್ಡ್ (Kannada script)
ហិណ្ឌ៑ (Khmer script)
ຫິຓ຺ຑ຺ (Lao script)
ഹിണ്ഡ് (Malayalam script)
ᡥᡳᢏᡷ (Manchu script)
𑘮𑘱𑘜𑘿𑘚𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠾᠢᢏᢎ (Mongolian script)
𑧎𑧒𑦼𑧠𑦺𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐴𑐶𑐞𑑂𑐜𑑂 (Newa script)
ହିଣ୍ଡ୍ (Odia script)
ꢲꢶꢠ꣄ꢞ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆲𑆴𑆟𑇀𑆝𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖮𑖰𑖜𑖿𑖚𑖿 (Siddham script)
හිණ‍්ඩ් (Sinhalese script)
𑪂𑩑𑩪 𑪙𑩨 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚩𑚮𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚶 (Takri script)
ஹிண்ட்³ (Tamil script)
హిణ్డ్ (Telugu script)
หิณฺฑฺ (Thai script)
ཧི་ཎྜ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒯𑒱𑒝𑓂𑒛𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨱𑨁𑨘𑩇𑨖𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unknown origin.^[1] Related to New Indo-Aryan *𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (*haṭṭaï, “to move”), and along with it, probably borrowed from a foreign source; see there for more.^[2]

The meaning of "to be empty", attested in some texts, is likely spurious.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦiɳɖ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦiɳɖ/

Root

हिण्ड् • (hiṇḍ)

to go, move, wander, or roam about
to disregard, slight

Derived terms

अहिण्डन्त (ahiṇḍanta)
जिहिण्डे (jihiṇḍe)
हिण्डते (hiṇḍate)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “HIṆḌ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 539
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “hiṇḍate”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 594