Meaning

4 senses

  1. A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).

    Hindu, Hindufrau

    инду́сindús, инду́скаindúska

    індуї́стindujíst, індуї́сткаindujístka, інду́сindús

    a person who adheres to Hinduism

  2. (dated)Any native inhabitant of Hindustan.

    a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India

  3. (dated)A person of Indian religion and race.

  4. (obsolete)A bunnia (merchant or trader) with a company of soldiers.

Examples

93 sentences

  1. The concept of zero comes from Hindu culture.

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  2. Cows are sacred to Hindus.

    ruКоровы для индусов священны.

    deKühe sind den Hindus heilig.

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  3. Hindus believe in the sanctity of life.

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  4. Hindus believe in reincarnation.

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  5. Hindus do not eat beef.

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Translations

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Origin

Derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُو (hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk

Derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُو (hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *síndʰuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

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Forms

plural: Hindus

Synonyms

5 synonyms
SanatanibhaktSanatanist
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hinderC2hindranceC2hindsightC2hingehintB2
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