سندݳ
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Burushaski
Alternative forms
- sénde (Yasin)
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps related to Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “the Indus river”); the Sanskrit word may be a loan from Burushaski.[1] Compare also Shina سِن (sin, “river”), Ushojo سِن (sin, “river”), Domaaki (sina, “river”), which are probably loans from Burushaski or from the same source as the Burushaski term.
Pronunciation
Noun
سِنْدݳ (sínda) (Hunza, Nager)
References
- ^ Witzel, Michael (1999) “Early Sources for South Asian Substrate Languages”, in Mother Tongue, page 5
Further reading
- Hunzai, Allamah Nasiruddin Nasir, editor (2009), “سِندݳ”, in Burushaski-Urdu Dictionary, volume 2, Karachi: Burushaski Research Academy; Bureau of Composition, Compilation & Translation, University of Karachi, page 266
- Berger, Hermann (1998) “sínda”, in Die Burushaski-Sprache von Hunza und Nager [The Burushaski Language of Hunza and Nager] (in German), volume 3: Worterbuch [Dictionary], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 379
- Bechtholdt, Astrid (2025) “sinda”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.