Hindu

• Hindoo (dated)

From Classical Persian هِنْدُو (hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *síndʰuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪnduː/

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Hindu (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.

• Dharmic

• Hindutva
• Hindutvavadi

Hindu (plural Hindus)

1. A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).
2. (dated) Any native inhabitant of Hindustan.
3. (North-West Frontier Province of British India, military, obsolete) A bunnia (merchant or trader) with a company of soldiers.[1]
4. (dated) A person of Indian religion and race.[1]

• Sanatani, Sanatanist (revivalist, conservative)
• bhakt (a devotee; may sometimes be derogatory)

• religionist

• (religionists) religionist; agnostic,‎ Asatruar,‎ atheist,‎ Baháʼí,‎ Buddhist,‎ Christian,‎ deist,‎ Druid,‎ Druze,‎ Eckist,‎ heathen,‎ Hindu,‎ Jain,‎ Jedi,‎ Jew,‎ Mormon,‎ Mormonist,‎ Muslim,‎ Odinist,‎ pagan,‎ Pastafarian,‎ Raëlian,‎ Rastafarian,‎ Rodnover,‎ Samaritan,‎ Shintoist,‎ Sikh,‎ Taoist,‎ Unitarian Universalist,‎ Wiccan,‎ Yahwist,‎ Yazidi,‎ Zoroastrian ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

• Vaishnava (a worshipper of Vishnu)
• Saiva, Saivite (a worshipper of Shiva)
• Sakta (a worshipper of the goddess Shakti)

• hundi, unhid

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Hindu m (strong, genitive Hindu or Hindus, plural Hindu or Hindus)

1. Hindu (male or of unspecified gender)

• Hinduglaube
• Hindugott

• Hinduismus
• hinduistisch

Hindu f (genitive Hindu, plural Hindu or Hindus)

1. female Hindu

• “Hindu” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hindu (Gläubiger)” in Duden online
• “Hindu (Gläubige)” in Duden online

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

Hindu

1. (astronomy) Indus