Hindu

The story

1. Proto-Indo-Iranian · derived from*síndʰuš“river”
2. Proto-Indo-Aryan · derived from*síndʰuṣ
3. Sanskrit · derived fromसिन्धु“river, stream; Indus”
4. Old Persian · derived from𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢“India”
5. Middle Persian · derived fromhndwk'“Indian”
6. Classical Persian · derived fromهِنْدُو“Indian, Hindu”
7. English todayHindu

Derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُو (hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *síndʰuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

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