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Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian هند (hind), from Middle Persian hnd (hind), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš. Doublet of সিন্ধু (śindhu).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
হিন্দ • (hind, hindo)
- India (a country in South Asia)
- Synonyms: হিন্দুস্তান (hindustan), ভারত (bharot), ইন্ডিয়া (inḍiẏa)
- জয় হিন্দ ― joẏ hind ― Hail India!
- (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) the Indian subcontinent, India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)