hndwk'ʾn

Middle Persian

Etymology

From hndwk' (Hindūg, an Indian), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /⁠Hiⁿduš⁠/), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, the Indus River) or Proto-Iranian *hínduš. Also see hnd (hind).

Noun

hndwk'ʾn • (Hindūgān)

  1. India, Hindustan

Descendants

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “Hindūgān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press