الهند

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Persian هند (hind), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “a river, stream”). It is one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article ال (al-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.hind/

Proper noun

الْهِنْد • (al-hind) f

1. (feminine) India (the country)
2. (masculine) East Indians (the people)

Declension

Declension of noun الْهِنْد (al-hind)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	الْهِنْد al-hind	—
Nominative	—	الْهِنْدُ al-hindu	—
Accusative	—	الْهِنْدَ al-hinda	—
Genitive	—	الْهِنْدِ al-hindi	—

Related terms

• الْمُحِيط الْهِنْدِيّ (al-muḥīṭ al-hindiyy)
• هِنْدِيّ (hindiyy)
• الْهِنْد الصِّينِيَّة (al-hind aṣ-ṣīniyya)

Descendants

• → Swahili: Uhindi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “هند”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN