Sindh

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India/sɪnd̪ʱ//sɪnd/

proper noun

A populated province in southeastern Pakistan, notably the region in which the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation flourished. Capital: Karachi.

OriginUrdu سِنْدھ (sindh) ← Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu) ← Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative archaic Sind · alternative archaic Sindy · alternative archaic Scinde

  1. A populated province in southeastern Pakistan, notably the region in which the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation flourished. Capital: Karachi.

Origin

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

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

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Translations

Arabic السِّنْد
  • السِّنْد (as-sind)province of Pakistan
Bengali সিন্ধু
  • সিন্ধু (śindhu)province of Pakistan
Chinese Mandarin 信德
  • 信德 (xìndé)province of Pakistan
French Sind
  • Sindprovince of Pakistan
German Sindh
  • Sindhprovince of Pakistan
Hebrew סינד
  • סינד (sīnd)province of Pakistan
Hindi सिन्ध, सिंध
  • सिन्ध (sindh)province of Pakistan
  • सिंध (sindh)province of Pakistan
Hungarian Szindh
  • Szindhprovince of Pakistan
Persian سند
  • سند (send)province of Pakistan
Polish Sindh
  • Sindhprovince of Pakistan
Punjabi ਸਿੰਧ
  • ਸਿੰਧ (sindh)province of Pakistan
Russian Синд
  • Синдprovince of Pakistan
Tamil சிந்து
  • சிந்து (cintu)province of Pakistan
Thai สินธ์
  • สินธ์province of Pakistan
Urdu سندھ
  • سندھ (sindh)province of Pakistan

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Sindh

endwindIndgrindpinnedskinnedlindrescinddownwindtinnedupwindfinnedbinnedchinnedabscindclose to the windexscindsail close to the windswindtindtrade wind
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Sounds the same

send (pin–pen merger)

Anagrams

hinds
Cite this entry
APA

Sindh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sindh

MLA

“Sindh.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sindh. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sindh,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sindh.

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