Krishna

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Krishna (countable and uncountable, plural Krishnas)


Indus

Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /hiⁿduš/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎 (hiṇdu)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš or borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu) (whence Sindh).

Floods in the river Sutlej – which originates in Tibet and crosses India before merging into the Indus river – has completely cut off several villages and areas in Pakistan, submerging hundreds of hectares of farmland.

2023 August 29, “Pakistan raises flood alert in eastern region as over 128,000 evacuated”, in EFE, archived from the original on 2024-04-24:

A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.


Ganges

Borrowed from Latin Gangēs, from Ancient Greek Γάγγης (Gángēs), from Sanskrit गङ्गा (gáṅgā, literally “swift-goer”), from the verbal root गम् (gam, “to go”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to come”) (whence Latin veniō, Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō), and English come). Doublet of Ganga.

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1625, Samuel Purchas, Pvrchas His Pilgrimes, volume III, London, →OCLC, page 340:

...their master... was no ad for anybody but the most arcane Black Power, he was an old prince of a witch doctor—insult him at your peril—but the other ten musicians with their trumpets and snares and assorted brass would prove no pull for Nixon on TV with any Black votes watching, for they were old and meek, naught but elderly Black Southern musicians, a veritable Ganges of Uncle Toms. They had disappeared with Tom Swift and Little Lord Fauntleroy.

1968, Norman Mailer, “Nixon in Miami”, in Harper's, §6:

A river in India and Bangladesh, sacred within Hinduism

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Ajay

Transliteration of Bengali অজয় (ojoẏ), from Sanskrit अजय (ajaya).


Sapta Sindhu

From सप्त (sapta, “seven”) + सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream”). This expression in English incorporates a grammatical error: Sindhu is the nominative singular; used with "seven", the noun should, of course, be in the plural: Sindhava:/Sindhavas, सप्तसिंधव: (saptasiṃdhava:, “seven rivers”), which is the term used in Sanskrit.

The settlers in Sapta Sindhu composed the Rig Veda, the first of the Vedas, the ancient sacred writings of the Hindu religion.

2006, Marshall Cavendish Corporation, World and Its Peoples, page 316:

(Hinduism, India) The seven sacred rivers in Indian mythology, often referred to in Rigveda and in Zend Avesta. They are often located in the Punjab region in northwestern India / northern Pakistan.


Lachen

A river in Sikkim, India, a tributary of the Teesta River.


Brahmaputra

/ˈbɹɑː.məˌpuː.tɹə/

Borrowed from Sanskrit ब्रह्मपुत्र (brahmaputra, “son of Brahma”), from ब्रह्मा (brahmā, “Brahma”) + पुत्र (putra, “son”).

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Jih-k’a-tse, Tibet’s second largest city, is located on the Brahmaputra southwest of Lhasa, in Tibet’s major grain-producing area, with highland barley as the major grain.

1973, Chiao-min Hsieh, “Tibet”, in Christopher L. Salter, editor, Atlas of China, McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 198:

A river which flows through Tibet, India and Bangladesh.

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Godavari

A major river in South India which flows through Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.


Yamuna

A transliteration of Sanskrit यमुना (yamunā), which is from यम (yama, “twin”), as the Yamuna runs in parallel with the Ganges.

The largest tributary river of the Ganges in northern India.

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Ravi

Borrowed from Punjabi راوی (rāvī) / ਰਾਵੀ (rāvī), from Sanskrit इरावती (irāvatī).

A river of the Punjab flowing through both India and Pakistan


Sutlej

Borrowed from Hindi सतलुज (satluj), itself ultimately from Sanskrit शतद्रु (śatadru).

The longest of five rivers that run through Punjab in both India and Pakistan.


Bhadra

From the feminine of Sanskrit भद्र (bhadrá).


Jhelum

Borrowed from Urdu جھیلم (jhelam), a dated form of جِہْلَم (jihlam).

A river in northern India and eastern Pakistan, a tributary of the Indus.


Damodar

Transliteration of Bengali দামোদর (damōdor), Hindi दामोदर (dāmodar), from Sanskrit दामोदर (dāmodara).

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A river in the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal


Dwarka

Transliteration of Gujarati દ્વારકા (dvārkā), Hindustani دوارکا (dvārkā) / द्वारका (dvārkā), Bengali দ্বারকা (darka), from Sanskrit द्वारका (dvārakā).


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Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Azad Jammu and Kashmir#English

Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir#English

a river in the autonomous territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India.


Kaveri

A river flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, India.


Chenab

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)čandrás
Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra)
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰāgás
Sanskrit भाग (bhāga)
Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā)bor.
Classical Persian چَنَاب (čanāb)bor.
Urdu چَنَاب (canāb)bor.
Classical Persian چَنَاب (čanāb)bor.
Hindi चनाब (canāb)bor.
English Chenab
Borrowed from Hindustani چَنَاب (canāb) / चनाब (canāb), from Classical Persian چناب (čanāb), ultimately from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā).

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Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh#English

a river in Punjab, Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the state of Himachal Pradesh in India.


Shimsha

A river in Karnataka, India, a tributary of the Kaveri.


Dras

From South Asian languages
* (Dras Islands): From basaltic rocks found near the hill station, which were identified as indication of a former volcanic island chain that was accreted by plate tectonics.

A river in Kargil district, Ladakh, Kashmir, India; in the Dras Valley


Thamirabarani

/ˌtɑːməɹəˈbʌɹəni/

/ˌtʌm(ə)ɹəˈbʌɹəni/

Borrowed from Tamil தாமிரபரணி (tāmiraparaṇi), itself borrowed from Sanskrit ताम्रपर्णी (tāmraparṇī, literally “copper-leaved”), from ताम्र (tāmra, “copper”) + पर्ण (parṇa, “leaf”) + -ई (-ī).

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A river in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India.


Beas

From Hindi ब्यास (byās) or Punjabi ਬਿਆਸ (biāsa), both ultimately from Sanskrit विपाशा (vipāśā).

A river of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab in northern India, rising in the Himalayas and emptying into the Sutlej.


Asikni

Borrowed from Sanskrit असिक्नी (asiknī).

(Vedic) Asikni, Chenab (a river in India and Pakistan)