Derived fromClassical Persian هِنْدُو ( hindū ,“ Indian , Hindu” ) , fromMiddle Persian hndwk' ( Hindūg ,“ Indian ” ) , fromhnd ( Hind ,“ India ” ) , fromOld Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 ( hin du- ,“ India ” ) , fromSanskrit सिन्धु ( síndhu ,“ river, stream; Indus ” ) , fromProto-Indo-Aryan *síndʰuṣ Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš ( “ river ” ) .
Hindu (notcomparable )
Of, or relating toHinduism , or to Hindus and theirculture .2025 October 7, Deepa Bharath, “California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday”, inKCRA [2] Hindu American organizations, including theHindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus in North America, advocated for the law.
of or relating to Hinduism
of or relating to Hindus and their culture
Hindu (plural Hindus
A personadhering to the Hindureligion (Hinduism ).2025 October 7, Deepa Bharath, “California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday”, inKCRA [3] Hindu American organizations, including the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition ofHindus in North America, advocated for the law.
( dated ) native inhabitant ofHindustan .( North-West Frontier Province of British India , military , obsolete ) bunnia ( merchant or trader ) with a company of soldiers.[ 1] ( dated ) Indian religion and race.[ 1] religious adherent
Arabic:هِنْدُوسِيّ m ( hindūsiyy ) Bengali:হিন্দু (bn) ( hindu ) ,ইন্দু (bn) ( indu ) Breton:hindouad m Catalan:hindú m or f Chinese:Mandarin:印度教徒 (zh) ( yìndùjiàotú ) Czech:hinduista (cs) m hinduistka f Danish:hindu c hinduist ( rarely seen ) Dutch:hindoe (nl) m Finnish:hindu (fi) French:hindou (fr) m hindoue (fr) f indou (fr) m indoue (fr) f German:Hindu (de) m or f Hindufrau f Greek:ινδουιστής (el) m ( indouistís ) Gujarati:હિંદુ m ( hindu ) Hindi:हिन्दू (hi) m ( hindū ) ,सनातनी (hi) f ( sanātnī ) ( conservative, revivalist ) Hungarian:hindu (hu) Italian:indù (it) ,induista Japanese:ヒンズー人 ( ヒンズーじん, hinzūjin ) ,ヒンドゥー人 ( ヒンドゥーじん, hindūjin ) ,( also "Indian" ) 印度人 ( いんどじん, indojin ) Kazakh:үндіс ( ündıs ) Korean:힌두교 신자 ( hindugyo sinja ) Lithuanian:hindui̇̀stas m hindui̇̀stė f Malayalam:ഹിന്ദു (ml) ( hindu ) Maori:Hinerū Norwegian:Bokmål:hindu m Nynorsk:hindu m Persian:هندو (fa) ( hendu ) Polish:hinduista (pl) m hinduistka (pl) f hindus m hinduska f Portuguese:hinduísta m or f Russian:инду́с (ru) m ( indús ) ,инду́ска (ru) f ( indúska ) Spanish:hindú (es) m or f hinduista (es) m or f Swahili:Mhindu Swedish:hindu (sv) c Tamil:இந்து (ta) ( intu ) Telugu:హిందువు (te) ( hinduvu ) Urdu:ہندو m ( hindū ) Volapük:hindutan hihindutan ( male ) ,jihindutan ( female ) Welsh:Hindŵ m
↑1.0 1.1 Henry Yule (1903 ), “Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive”, indsal.uchicago.edu [1] the original on19 December 2023 Hindu m strong genitive Hindu or Hindus plural Hindu or Hindus feminine Hindu or Hindufrau
Hindu ( male or unspecified ) Declension ofHindu [masculine, strong ]
Hindu f genitive Hindu plural Hindu or Hindus masculine Hindu
Hindu ( female ) Declension ofHindu [feminine ]
IPA (key ) : [ˈhindu] Hyphenation:Hin‧du Rhymes:-du Hindu
( astronomy ) Indus 
