Etymology

Sindh

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Today it means: A populated province in southeastern Pakistan, notably the region in which the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation flourished. Capital: Karachi. Full definition →

Urdu سِنْدھ (sindh) ← Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu) ← Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranian*síndʰuš
  2. Sanskritसिन्धु (sindhu)
  3. Urduسِنْدھ (sindh)
  4. English todaySindh

Borrowed from Urdu سِنْدھ (sindh), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “river”). Doublet of Sindhu and Indus.

Words from the same roots

Sanskritसिन्धु all →

indiaHinduSindhu

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.