"𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁" meaning in Old Persian

See 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 . [canonical], h-i-du-u-š [romanization], Hiⁿduš [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from an Old Iranian representation of Old Indo-Aryan सिन्धु (sindhu-, “big river, Indus”); see there for further theorized descent. Etymology templates: {{inh|peo|ira-pro|*hínduš}} Proto-Iranian *hínduš, {{der|peo|ira-old}} Old Iranian, {{der|peo|inc-old}} Old Indo-Aryan Head templates: {{head|peo|proper noun|ts=Hiⁿduš}} 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /Hiⁿduš/)
  1. India (the Indus valley region under Achaemenid rule) Derived forms: 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐎹 (Hiⁿduya), 𐏃𐎡𐎭𐎢𐎺 (Hiⁿdauv) [locative]
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pal",
            "2": "hndwk'ʾn",
            "3": "",
            "sc": "Phlv",
            "sc2": "Phlv",
            "t": "Hindustan",
            "t2": "Hindustan",
            "tr2": "hndwkstʾn'",
            "ts": "hindūgān",
            "ts2": "hindūgestān"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Persian: hndwk'ʾn (hndwk'ʾn /⁠hindūgān⁠/, “Hindustan”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hndwkstʾn' /⁠hindūgestān⁠/, “Hindustan”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Persian: hndwk'ʾn (hndwk'ʾn /⁠hindūgān⁠/, “Hindustan”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hndwkstʾn' /⁠hindūgestān⁠/, “Hindustan”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "akk",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Akkadian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Akkadian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "akk-lbb",
            "2": "𒅔𒁺𒌑",
            "tr": "in-du-ú",
            "ts": "Indū"
          },
          "expansion": "Late Babylonian: 𒅔𒁺𒌑 (in-du-ú /⁠Indū⁠/)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Late Babylonian: 𒅔𒁺𒌑 (in-du-ú /⁠Indū⁠/)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "Ἰνδός",
            "3": "Ἰνδία",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ancient Greek: Ἰνδός (Indós), Ἰνδία (Indía)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ancient Greek: Ἰνδός (Indós), Ἰνδία (Indía)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "Ινδός"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: Ινδός (Indós)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: Ινδός (Indós)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "India",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: India",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: India"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hif",
            "2": "India",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Fiji Hindi: India",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Fiji Hindi: India"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "இந்தியா",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: இந்தியா (intiyā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: இந்தியா (intiyā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "ఇండియా",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: ఇండియా (iṇḍiyā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: ఇండియా (iṇḍiyā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Indus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Indus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Indus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "Índia"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: Índia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: Índia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "Indija",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latvian: Indija",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latvian: Indija"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "Indija",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lithuanian: Indija",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lithuanian: Indija"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "India"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: India",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: India"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "Índia"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: Índia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: Índia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Indus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Indus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Indus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "egy",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Egyptian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Egyptian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "egy-lat",
            "2": "hndwꜣy",
            "alt": "<hiero>h:n-d:wA-i-i-xAst</hiero>",
            "tr": "hndwꜣy"
          },
          "expansion": "Late Egyptian: h:n-d:wA-i-i-xAst (hndwꜣy)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Late Egyptian: h:n-d:wA-i-i-xAst (hndwꜣy)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "elx",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Elamite:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Elamite:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "elx-ach",
            "2": "𒄭𒅔𒁺",
            "3": "𒄭𒅔𒁺𒆜",
            "4": "𒄭𒁺𒆜",
            "tr": "hi-in-du",
            "tr2": "hi-in-du-iš",
            "tr3": "hi-du-iš",
            "ts": "Hindu",
            "ts2": "Hinduiš",
            "ts3": "Hiduiš"
          },
          "expansion": "Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄭𒅔𒁺 (hi-in-du /⁠Hindu⁠/), 𒄭𒅔𒁺𒆜 (hi-in-du-iš /⁠Hinduiš⁠/), 𒄭𒁺𒆜 (hi-du-iš /⁠Hiduiš⁠/)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄭𒅔𒁺 (hi-in-du /⁠Hindu⁠/), 𒄭𒅔𒁺𒆜 (hi-in-du-iš /⁠Hinduiš⁠/), 𒄭𒁺𒆜 (hi-du-iš /⁠Hiduiš⁠/)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "הודו",
            "3": "הֹדּוּ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "Hṓddū",
            "tr2": "Hṓddū"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: הודו (Hṓddū), הֹדּוּ (Hṓddū)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: הודו (Hṓddū), הֹדּוּ (Hṓddū)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*hínduš"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *hínduš",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "ira-old"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Iranian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "inc-old"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Indo-Aryan",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from an Old Iranian representation of Old Indo-Aryan सिन्धु (sindhu-, “big river, Indus”); see there for further theorized descent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 .",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "h-i-du-u-š",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hiⁿduš",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "ts": "Hiⁿduš"
      },
      "expansion": "𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /Hiⁿduš/)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Persian",
  "lang_code": "peo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "peo",
          "name": "Countries",
          "orig": "peo:Countries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "Hiⁿduya",
          "word": "𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐎹"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Hiⁿdauv",
          "tags": [
            "locative"
          ],
          "word": "𐏃𐎡𐎭𐎢𐎺"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "India (the Indus valley region under Achaemenid rule)"
      ],
      "id": "en-𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁-peo-name-9eidNg1l",
      "links": [
        [
          "India",
          "India"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Hiⁿduya",
      "word": "𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐎹"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hiⁿdauv",
      "tags": [
        "locative"
      ],
      "word": "𐏃𐎡𐎭𐎢𐎺"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pal",
            "2": "hndwk'ʾn",
            "3": "",
            "sc": "Phlv",
            "sc2": "Phlv",
            "t": "Hindustan",
            "t2": "Hindustan",
            "tr2": "hndwkstʾn'",
            "ts": "hindūgān",
            "ts2": "hindūgestān"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Persian: hndwk'ʾn (hndwk'ʾn /⁠hindūgān⁠/, “Hindustan”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hndwkstʾn' /⁠hindūgestān⁠/, “Hindustan”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Persian: hndwk'ʾn (hndwk'ʾn /⁠hindūgān⁠/, “Hindustan”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hndwkstʾn' /⁠hindūgestān⁠/, “Hindustan”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "akk",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Akkadian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Akkadian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "akk-lbb",
            "2": "𒅔𒁺𒌑",
            "tr": "in-du-ú",
            "ts": "Indū"
          },
          "expansion": "Late Babylonian: 𒅔𒁺𒌑 (in-du-ú /⁠Indū⁠/)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Late Babylonian: 𒅔𒁺𒌑 (in-du-ú /⁠Indū⁠/)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "Ἰνδός",
            "3": "Ἰνδία",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ancient Greek: Ἰνδός (Indós), Ἰνδία (Indía)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ancient Greek: Ἰνδός (Indós), Ἰνδία (Indía)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "Ινδός"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: Ινδός (Indós)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: Ινδός (Indós)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "India",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: India",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: India"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hif",
            "2": "India",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Fiji Hindi: India",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Fiji Hindi: India"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "இந்தியா",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: இந்தியா (intiyā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: இந்தியா (intiyā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "ఇండియా",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: ఇండియా (iṇḍiyā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: ఇండియా (iṇḍiyā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Indus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: Indus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: Indus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "Índia"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: Índia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: Índia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "Indija",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latvian: Indija",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latvian: Indija"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "Indija",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Lithuanian: Indija",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Lithuanian: Indija"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "India"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: India",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: India"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "Índia"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: Índia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: Índia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "Indus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: Indus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: Indus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "egy",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Egyptian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Egyptian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "egy-lat",
            "2": "hndwꜣy",
            "alt": "<hiero>h:n-d:wA-i-i-xAst</hiero>",
            "tr": "hndwꜣy"
          },
          "expansion": "Late Egyptian: h:n-d:wA-i-i-xAst (hndwꜣy)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Late Egyptian: h:n-d:wA-i-i-xAst (hndwꜣy)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "elx",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Elamite:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Elamite:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "elx-ach",
            "2": "𒄭𒅔𒁺",
            "3": "𒄭𒅔𒁺𒆜",
            "4": "𒄭𒁺𒆜",
            "tr": "hi-in-du",
            "tr2": "hi-in-du-iš",
            "tr3": "hi-du-iš",
            "ts": "Hindu",
            "ts2": "Hinduiš",
            "ts3": "Hiduiš"
          },
          "expansion": "Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄭𒅔𒁺 (hi-in-du /⁠Hindu⁠/), 𒄭𒅔𒁺𒆜 (hi-in-du-iš /⁠Hinduiš⁠/), 𒄭𒁺𒆜 (hi-du-iš /⁠Hiduiš⁠/)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄭𒅔𒁺 (hi-in-du /⁠Hindu⁠/), 𒄭𒅔𒁺𒆜 (hi-in-du-iš /⁠Hinduiš⁠/), 𒄭𒁺𒆜 (hi-du-iš /⁠Hiduiš⁠/)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "he",
            "2": "הודו",
            "3": "הֹדּוּ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "Hṓddū",
            "tr2": "Hṓddū"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hebrew: הודו (Hṓddū), הֹדּוּ (Hṓddū)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hebrew: הודו (Hṓddū), הֹדּוּ (Hṓddū)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "ira-pro",
        "3": "*hínduš"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Iranian *hínduš",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "ira-old"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Iranian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "inc-old"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Indo-Aryan",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from an Old Iranian representation of Old Indo-Aryan सिन्धु (sindhu-, “big river, Indus”); see there for further theorized descent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 .",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "h-i-du-u-š",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Hiⁿduš",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "peo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "ts": "Hiⁿduš"
      },
      "expansion": "𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /Hiⁿduš/)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Persian",
  "lang_code": "peo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Persian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Persian lemmas",
        "Old Persian proper nouns",
        "Old Persian terms derived from Old Indo-Aryan languages",
        "Old Persian terms derived from Old Iranian languages",
        "Old Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian",
        "Old Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "peo:Countries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "India (the Indus valley region under Achaemenid rule)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "India",
          "India"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁"
}

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