"India" meaning in Latin

See India in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈɪn.di.a] [Classical-Latin], [ˈin.di.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: Indiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], India [nominative, singular], Indiae [genitive, singular], Indiae [dative, singular], Indiam [accusative, singular], Indiā [ablative, singular], India [singular, vocative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor. Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)bor. Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós) Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor. Latin India Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:bor|grc:Ἰνδία<id:India>|id=region|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor. Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)bor. Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós) Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor. Latin India, {{bor|la|grc|Ἰνδία}} Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), {{der|la|grc|Ἰνδός|t=the Indus river}} Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”), {{der|la|peo|𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁|tr=hiⁿdūš}} Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), {{der|la|ira-pro|*hínduš}} Proto-Iranian *hínduš, {{der|la|iir-pro|*síndʰuš|t=river}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|India<1>}} India f sg (genitive Indiae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|India<1>}}
  1. (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent) Tags: declension-1, feminine, historical, proscribed, singular
    Sense id: en-India-la-name-HKhkwPyr Categories (other): Geographic and cultural areas of Asia, Pages with entries, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin exonyms Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 3 13 5 14 22 13 2 1 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 46 54 Disambiguation of Latin exonyms: 45 55
  2. (New Latin) India (a country in South Asia) Tags: New-Latin, declension-1, feminine, singular Categories (place): Countries in Asia
    Sense id: en-India-la-name-JnqzqpjF Categories (other): New Latin, India, Pages with entries, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin exonyms, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 3 13 5 14 22 13 2 1 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 46 54 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Latin exonyms: 45 55 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 44 56

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "Ìnnia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "lang_code": "ta",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "intiyā",
      "word": "இந்தியா"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "grc:Ἰνδία<id:India>",
        "id": "region",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš\nProto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš\nSanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor.\nOld Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)bor.\nAncient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós)\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂\nAncient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)\nAncient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor.\nLatin India",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ἰνδία"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ἰνδός",
        "t": "the Indus river"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁",
        "tr": "hiⁿdūš"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*hínduš"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *hínduš",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*síndʰuš",
        "t": "river"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš\nProto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš\nSanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor.\nOld Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)bor.\nAncient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós)\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂\nAncient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)\nAncient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor.\nLatin India\nBorrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Indiae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "India",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Indiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Indiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Indiam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Indiā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "India",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "India<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "India f sg (genitive Indiae); first declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "India<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Geographic and cultural areas of Asia",
          "orig": "la:Geographic and cultural areas of Asia",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 3 13 5 14 22 13 2 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin exonyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)"
      ],
      "id": "en-India-la-name-HKhkwPyr",
      "links": [
        [
          "India",
          "India#English:_region"
        ],
        [
          "region",
          "region"
        ],
        [
          "South Asia",
          "South Asia#English"
        ],
        [
          "Himalayas",
          "Himalayas"
        ],
        [
          "Indus",
          "Indus"
        ],
        [
          "Indian subcontinent",
          "Indian subcontinent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in modern use"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "historical",
        "proscribed",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "New Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Countries in Asia",
          "orig": "la:Countries in Asia",
          "parents": [
            "Countries",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "India",
          "orig": "la:India",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 3 13 5 14 22 13 2 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin exonyms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "India (a country in South Asia)"
      ],
      "id": "en-India-la-name-JnqzqpjF",
      "links": [
        [
          "India",
          "India#English:_Q668"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "South Asia",
          "South Asia#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Latin) India (a country in South Asia)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɪn.di.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈin.di.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "India"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with etymology trees",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin exonyms",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin proper nouns",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Old Persian",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian",
    "Latin terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
    "Latin terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Pages with 29 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "Ìnnia"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "lang_code": "ta",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "intiyā",
      "word": "இந்தியா"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "grc:Ἰνδία<id:India>",
        "id": "region",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš\nProto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš\nSanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor.\nOld Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)bor.\nAncient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós)\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂\nAncient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)\nAncient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor.\nLatin India",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ἰνδία"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Ἰνδός",
        "t": "the Indus river"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁",
        "tr": "hiⁿdūš"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*hínduš"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *hínduš",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "iir-pro",
        "3": "*síndʰuš",
        "t": "river"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš\nProto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš\nSanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor.\nOld Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)bor.\nAncient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós)\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂\nAncient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)\nAncient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor.\nLatin India\nBorrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Indiae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "India",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Indiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Indiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Indiam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Indiā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "India",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "India<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "India f sg (genitive Indiae); first declension",
      "name": "la-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "India<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin proscribed terms",
        "Latin terms with historical senses",
        "la:Geographic and cultural areas of Asia"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "India",
          "India#English:_region"
        ],
        [
          "region",
          "region"
        ],
        [
          "South Asia",
          "South Asia#English"
        ],
        [
          "Himalayas",
          "Himalayas"
        ],
        [
          "Indus",
          "Indus"
        ],
        [
          "Indian subcontinent",
          "Indian subcontinent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in modern use"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "historical",
        "proscribed",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "New Latin",
        "la:Countries in Asia",
        "la:India"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "India (a country in South Asia)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "India",
          "India#English:_Q668"
        ],
        [
          "country",
          "country"
        ],
        [
          "South Asia",
          "South Asia#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Latin) India (a country in South Asia)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin",
        "declension-1",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɪn.di.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈin.di.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "India"
}

Download raw JSONL data for India meaning in Latin (4.9kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latin dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.