Hindoo vs Hindu what difference

what is difference between Hindoo and Hindu

Estonian

Noun

hindu

1. partitive plural of hind

Finnish

Noun

hindu

1. Hindu (person)

Declension

Anagrams

• hidun, hudin

Hungarian

Etymology

From Persian هندو‎ (Hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk’ (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk’ (-ūg), from Old Persian ???????????????? (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhindu]
• Hyphenation: hin‧du
• Rhymes: -du

Adjective

hindu (comparative hindubb, superlative leghindubb)

1. Hindu (of or relating to Hinduism)

Declension

Noun

hindu (plural hinduk)

1. Hindu (adherent of Hinduism)

Declension

Further reading

• hindu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Karelian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish hinta.

Noun

hindu

1. price

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Persian هندو‎ (Hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk’ (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk’ (-ūg), from Old Persian ???????????????? (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪndʉ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʉ

Noun

hindu m (definite singular hinduen, indefinite plural hinduer, definite plural hinduene)

1. a Hindu

Derived terms

• hinduisk
• hinduisme
• hinduistisk

References

• “hindu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Persian هندو‎ (Hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk’ (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk’ (-ūg), from Old Persian ???????????????? (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪndʉ/
• Rhymes: -ɪndʉ

Noun

hindu m (definite singular hinduen, indefinite plural hinduar, definite plural hinduane)

1. a Hindu

Derived terms

• hinduisk
• hinduisme

References

• “hindu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Persian هندو‎ (Hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk’ (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian ???????????????? (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ˈdu/
• Hyphenation: hin‧du
• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

hindu (plural hindus, comparable)

1. Hindu
2. Indian (of India)

Swedish

Noun

hindu c

1. Hindu (adherent of Hinduism)

Declension

Related terms

• hinduism
• hinduisk

References

• hindu in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hindu in Svensk ordbok (SO)

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