Hindu

hindu hindú English Alternative forms en Hindoo derogatory or archaic Etymology en fa-cls هِنْدُو Indian, Hindu, from en pal hndwk' Hindūg Indian, from pal hnd Hind India, from en peo 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 hindu- India, from en sa सिन्धु síndhu river, stream; Indus, from en inc-pro *síndʰuṣ, from en iir-pro *síndʰuš river. Pronunciation en /ˈhɪnduː/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hindu.wav Southern England Adjective - Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture. en Deepa Bharath California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday w:KCRA https://www.kcra.com/article/california-makes-diwali-statewide-holiday/68891821 2025-10-07 Hindu American organizations, including the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus in North America, advocated for the law. https://web.archive.org/web/20251119061901/https://www.kcra.com/article/california-makes-diwali-statewide-holiday/68891821 19 November 2025 Synonyms en Dharmic Derived terms en Hindudom Hinduisation Hinduise Hinduish Hinduism Hinduist Hinduistic Hinduization Hinduize Hinduland Hindumisia Hindumisic Hinduness Hindu numeral Hinduphobe Hinduphobia Hinduphobic Hindu push-up Hindu Rashtra Hindu squat Hindutva Hinjew Related terms en Hindutva en Hindutvavadi Translations of or relating to Hinduism Arabic: ar هِنْدُوسِيّ Bengali: bn হিন্দু Breton: br hindouat Burmese: my ဟိန္ဒူ Catalan: ca hindú Cherokee: chr ᎯᏂᏚ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 印度教 yìndùjiào Czech: cs hinduistický Danish: da hinduistisk, da hinduisk rarely seen Dutch: nl hindoeïstisch Finnish: fi hindulainen Greek: el ινδουϊστικός Gujarati: gu હિંદુ Hindi: hi हिन्दू, hi हिंदू Italian: it indù, it induista Japanese: ja ヒンズー教 ヒンズきょう, hinzukyō Korean: ko 힌두교 Malayalam: ml ഹൈന്ദവ Māori: mi hinitū, mi hinerū Norwegian: Bokmål: nb hinduisk, nb hinduistisk Nynorsk: nn hinduisk, nn hinduistisk Polish: pl hinduistyczny, pl hinduski Portuguese: pt hindu, pt hinduísta Russian: ru инду́сский Spanish: es hindú Swedish: sv hinduisk, sv hinduistisk Ukrainian: uk індуї́стський Vietnamese: vi Ấn-độ giáo Volapük: vo hindutik Welsh: cy Hindŵaidd of or relating to Hindus and their culture Arabic: ar هِنْدُوسِيّ Bengali: bn হিন্দু Catalan: ca hindú Danish: da hinduistisk, da hinduisk rarely seen Finnish: fi hindulainen French: fr hindou Greek: el ινδουϊστικός Gujarati: gu હિંદુ Hindi: hi हिंदू, hi हिन्दू Italian: it indù Malayalam: ml ഹിന്ദുക്കളുടെ Norwegian: Bokmål: nb hinduisk, nb hinduistisk Nynorsk: nn hinduisk, nn hinduistisk Polish: pl hinduski Portuguese: pt hindu Russian: ru инду́сский Spanish: es hindú Ukrainian: uk інду́ський Volapük: vo hindutanik person, vo hindutik Noun A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism). en Deepa Bharath California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday w:KCRA https://www.kcra.com/article/california-makes-diwali-statewide-holiday/68891821 2025-10-07 Hindu American organizations, including the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus in North America, advocated for the law. https://web.archive.org/web/20251119061901/https://www.kcra.com/article/california-makes-diwali-statewide-holiday/68891821 19 November 2025 en dated Any native inhabitant of Hindustan. en North-West Frontier Province _ of British India military obsolete A bunnia merchant or trader with a company of soldiers.https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app_test/hobsonjobson_query.py?qs=HINDOO&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive dsal.uchicago.edu 1903 2023-12-19 Henry Yule https://web.archive.org/web/20240817091914/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app_test/hobsonjobson_query.py?qs=HINDOO&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact 17 August 2024 en dated A person of Indian religion and race. Synonyms en Sanatani, en Sanatanist revivalist, conservative en bhakt a devotee; may sometimes be derogatory Hypernyms en religionist Coordinate terms Descendants haw Hinekū 1 ja ヒンドゥー Hindū 1 1 Translations religious adherent Arabic: ar هِنْدُوسِيّ m Bengali: bn হিন্দু, bn ইন্দু Breton: br hindouad m Catalan: ca hindú m f, ca hinduista m f Cherokee: chr ᎠᎯᏂᏚ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 印度教徒 yìndùjiàotú Czech: cs hinduista m, cs hinduistka f Danish: da hindu c, da hinduist rarely seen Dutch: nl hindoe m Finnish: fi hindu French: fr hindou m, fr hindoue f, fr indou m, fr indoue f, fr hindouiste m f German: de Hindu m f, de Hindufrau f Greek: el ινδουιστής m Gujarati: gu હિંદુ m Hindi: hi हिन्दू m, hi सनातनी f conservative, revivalist Hungarian: hu hindu Italian: it indù, it induista Japanese: ja ヒンズー人 ヒンズーじん, hinzūjin, ja ヒンドゥー人 ヒンドゥーじん, hindūjin, also "Indian" ja 印度人 いんどじん, indojin Kazakh: kk үндіс Korean: ko 힌두교 신자 Lithuanian: lt hinduìstas m, lt hinduìstė f Malayalam: ml ഹിന്ദു Māori: mi Hinerū Norwegian: Bokmål: nb hindu m Nynorsk: nn hindu m Persian: fa هندو hendu Polish: pl hinduista m, pl hinduistka f, pl hindus m, pl hinduska f Portuguese: pt hinduísta m f Russian: ru инду́с m, ru инду́ска f Spanish: es hindú m f, es hinduista m f Swahili: sw Mhindu Swedish: sv hindu c Tamil: ta இந்து Telugu: te హిందువు Ukrainian: uk індуї́ст m, uk індуї́стка f, uk інду́с m, uk інду́ска f Urdu: ur ہندو m hindū Volapük: vo hindutan, vo hihindutan male, vo jihindutan female Welsh: cy Hindŵ m See also en Saiva, en Saivite a worshipper of Shiva en Sakta a worshipper of the goddess Shakti en Vaishnava a worshipper of Vishnu References Anagrams en dhinu hundi unhid en Hinduism People German Pronunciation de De-Hindu.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m,-:s,-:s Hindu Hindufrau en Hindu male or unspecified Declension m,-:s,-:s Derived terms de Hinduismus Hinduglaube Hindugott Hindukunst Hindukusch Hindustan Related terms de hinduistisch Neohinduismus neohinduistisch Neuhinduismus neuhinduistisch Noun f,-:s Hindu en Hindu female Declension f,-:s Further reading Hindu_Glaeubiger Hindu (Gläubiger) Hindu_Glaeubige Hindu (Gläubige) Hungarian hu:+ csillagkép Pronunciation hu Hin du hu du 2 Proper noun hu proper noun hu constellation Indus Declension Hindu o sgHindu sg