ܗܢܕܘ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

ܗܢܕܘ
ܐܬܐ ܕܗܢܕܘ

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ܗܸܢܕܘܼ • (hindū) f

  1. India (a country in South Asia; official name: Republic of India)
  2. (historical) India (area of land in Southern Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river)

Derived terms

Classical Syriac

ܡܦ ܕܗܢܕܘ

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ܗܢܕܘ • (hendū)

  1. India
    Synonyms: ܗܢܕܘܣܛܐܢ, ܚܘܝܠܐ
  2. Farther India (Indochina)
  3. Indus river
    Synonym: ܗܢܕܝܐ
  4. Republic of India
    Synonym: ܩܘܛܢܝܘܬܐ ܕܗܢܕܘ

Derived terms

References

  • ܗܢܕܘ on syriacdictionary.net
  • “hndw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Castelli, Emundi (1606-1685) Lexicon Syriacum ex eius lexico heptaglotto seorsim typis describi (in Classical Syriac), Goettingae : Dieterich, published 1788, page 227
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 104
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 357

Further reading

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