الهند

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Persian هند (hind), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hindūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “a river, stream”). It is one of the Arabic country names which require the definite article ال (al-).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.hind/

Proper noun

الْهِنْد • (al-hind) f

  1. (feminine) India (the country)
  2. (masculine) East Indians (the people)

Declension
Declension of noun الْهِنْد (al-hind)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — الْهِنْد
al-hind		 —
Nominative — الْهِنْدُ
al-hindu		 —
Accusative — الْهِنْدَ
al-hinda		 —
Genitive — الْهِنْدِ
al-hindi		 —

References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “هند”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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