הודו

Hebrew

FWOTD – 24 November 2016

Etymology 1

From Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /⁠hiⁿdūš⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”) or from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “a river, stream”).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈhoːd.duː/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈho.du/

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Proper noun

הודו / הֹדּוּ • (hódu) f

1. (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)
   • Tanach, Esther 1:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיְהִי בִּימֵי אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הוּא אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ הַמֹּלֵךְ מֵהֹדּוּ וְעַד־כּוּשׁ שֶׁבַע וְעֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה מְדִינָה׃

     vay'hí biméi 'akhashverósh hú 'akhashverósh hamolékh mehódu v'ad-kúsh shéva' v'esrím ume'á m'diná.
     wayəhī bīmē ʾăḥašwērōš hū ʾăḥašwērōš hammōlēḵ mēhṓddū wəʿaḏ-kūš šéḇaʿ wəʿeśrīm ūmēʾā məḏīnā.

     Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus – this is Ahasuerus who reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces...

2. India (a country in South Asia)

Related terms

• הינדי

Etymology 2

From the above; ellipsis of תרנגול הודו/תַּרְנְגוֹל הֹדּוּ (tarn'gól hódu, literally “India fowl”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈhodu/

Noun

הודו / הֹדּוּ • (hódu) m

1. (countable) turkey (a bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated))
2. (uncountable) turkey (the flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food)
   • 2015, Ariana Harwicz, translated by Michal Shalev, תמות, אהובי [Die, My Love], Zikit Publishing House, translation of Matate, amor (in Spanish), →ISBN, page 15:

     הזיכרון האחרון שיש לי מההיריון הוא מחג המולד, עם כל המשפחה של בעלי שבאה מכפרים נידחים עוד יותר מהכפר הזה. הבטן התהפכה לי, התינוק שלי זז במהירות לא רגילה, כולם החזיקו אצבעות שלא יצטרכו לצאת בריצה למחלקת היולדות ויוכלו לגמור לאכול את ההודו במילוי תפוחים.

     The last memory I have from my pregnancy is from Christmas, with my husband’s whole family who came from villages more remote than this village. My belly turned over, my baby moved with abnormal speed, everyone held their fingers who did not need to leave hurriedly from the maternity ward to be able to finish eating the turkey stuffed with apples.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hoːˈðuː/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /hoˈdu/

Verb

הוֹדוּ • (hodú)

1. Masculine plural imperative of הוֹדָה (hodá)
   • Tanach, Psalms 118:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה כִּי־טוֹב כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ׃

     hodú laYHVH ki-tóv kí l'olám khasdó.
     hōḏū laYHWH kī-ṭōḇ kī ləʿōlām ḥasdō.

     ‘O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.’