𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁

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Old Persian

The name Hindūš (𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁) in Old Persian cuneiform in the DNa inscription of Darius I, circa 500 BCE.

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.

Proper noun

𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /Hiⁿduš/).

  1. India (the Indus valley region under Achaemenid rule)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 26
  2. ^ Old Persian: Dictionary, Glossary and Concordance by Avi Bachenheimer
  3. ^ Dna inscription of Darius I, Line 25
  4. ^ Jason Neelis, Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks, BRILL 2010 p.96
  5. ^ Titus
  6. ^ Titus
  7. ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 187
  8. ^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject L12, hndw3y (OP. Hinduš = India), Livius.org
  9. ^ Yar-Shater, Ehsan (1982) Encyclopaedia Iranica‎, Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN, page 10
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