Indus

indus Indus. English Pronunciation en /ˈɪn.dəs/ RP,GenAm,CanE,AuE,ScE en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Indus.wav Southern England en /ˈən.dəs/ NZE en /ˈɪn.ɖəs/ InE ĭn′dəsIndus River 838 1 en ɪndəs 2 en In dus Etymology 1 + River Indus River Borrowed from en la Indus, from en grc Ἰνδός, from en peo 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 hiⁿduš, from en ira-pro *hínduš (compare ae 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎), from en iir-pro *síndʰuš or borrowed from sa सिन्धु síndhu (whence en Sindh 1). Another explication relates the origin of Indus to Indra which itself derives from the root indu, i.e. " water place or water spirit". The Myths and Gods of India: The Classic Work on Hindu Polytheism from the Princeton Bollingen Series Proper noun en Q7348 en major river c/China,India,Pakistan rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea. en w:National Geographic 1987 October 172 4 Baltistan: The 20th Century Comes to Shangri-la Galen Rowell 528-529 In summer the Indus can spread as wide as five miles, covering most oft the valley seen here. en 08/28/2022 Pakistan's south braces for another deluge as northern rivers swell w:France 24 https://web.archive.org/web/20220828135535/https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20220828-pakistan-s-south-braces-for-another-deluge-as-northern-rivers-swell https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20220828-pakistan-s-south-braces-for-another-deluge-as-northern-rivers-swell August 28, 2022 Asia / Pacific The mighty Indus River that courses through Pakistan's second-most populous region is fed by dozens of mountain tributaries to the north, but many have burst their banks following record rains and glacier melt. en 29 August 2023 Pakistan raises flood alert in eastern region as over 128,000 evacuated w:EFE https://web.archive.org/web/20251206195548/https://efe.com/en/other-news/2023-08-29/pakistan-raises-flood-alert-in-eastern-region-as-over-128000-evacuated/ 6 December 2025 https://efe.com/en/other-news/2023-08-29/pakistan-raises-flood-alert-in-eastern-region-as-over-128000-evacuated/ Floods in the river Sutlej – which originates in Tibet and crosses India before merging into the Indus river – has completely cut off several villages and areas in Pakistan, submerging hundreds of hectares of farmland. Derived terms en Indus Valley Civilization Indus River dolphin Indus Valley bullfrog Related terms en Indian en Indies Translations the river Afrikaans: af Indus Albanian: sq Ind Arabic: ar نَهْر الْسِنْد m Armenian: hy Ինդոս Azerbaijani: az Hind Basque: eu Indus Belarusian: be Інд m Bengali: bn সিন্ধু Bulgarian: bg Инд m Burmese: my သိန္ဓု Catalan: ca Indus m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 印度河 Yìndù Hé Czech: cs Indus m Danish: da Indus c Dutch: nl Indus m Esperanto: eo Induso Estonian: et Indus Finnish: fi Indus French: fr Indus m Galician: gl Indo m Georgian: ka ინდი German: de Indus m Greek: el Ινδός m Gujarati: gu સિંધુ Hebrew: he אינדוס m Indus Hindi: hi सिन्धु f, hi सिन्ध f, hi सिंधु f, hi सिंध f, hi सिन्ध नदी f, hi सिंध नदी f Hungarian: hu Indus Icelandic: is Indus Indonesian: id Indus Irish: ga Iondúis f An Iondúis Old Irish: sga Ind Italian: it Indo m Japanese: ja インダス川 Indasu-gawa Kazakh: kk Үнді Korean: ko 인더스 강 Kyrgyz: ky Инд Latin: la Indus m Latvian: lv Inda f Lithuanian: lt Indas m Macedonian: mk Инд m Malay: ms Indus Malayalam: ml സിന്ധു Marathi: mr सिन्धु f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Indus m Nynorsk: nn Indus m Pashto: ps اباسین m Abâsin Persian: fa سند send Polish: pl Indus m Portuguese: pt Indo m Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਸਿੰਧ m Shahmukhi: pa سِنْدھ m Romanian: ro Ind m Russian: ru Инд m Sanskrit: sa सिन्धु m f Saraiki: skr سِنْدھ m, skr سِنّہہ f, skr اَٹَک f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Инд m Latin: sh Ind m Sindhi: sd سِنْڌُو m Slovak: sk Indus m Slovene: sl Ind m Spanish: es Indo m Swedish: sv Indus c Tajik: tg Ҳинду Tamil: ta சிந்து Telugu: te సింధూ Thai: th สินธุ Turkish: tr İndus Turkmen: tk Ind Ukrainian: uk Інд m Urdu: ur سِنْدھ m sindh, ur دریائے سندھ m dariyā-ē sindh Uzbek: uz Hind Vietnamese: vi Sông Ấn References Further reading Hintze, Almut (1998) "The Migrations of the Indo-Iranians and the Iranian Sound-Change s > h." In: Meid, Wolfgang, (ed.), Sprache und Kultur der Indogermanen. Akten der 10.Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, Innsbruck 22.-29.9.1996. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, 139-153, 1 map. (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft, Bd. 93) Etymology 2 + (constellation) Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From en la Indus Indian, commemorating American Indians. Proper noun en Q10450 en astronomy A constellation of the southern sky between Grus and Pavo. Derived terms en Indi Translations constellation Arabic: ar الْهِنْدِيّ Esperanto: eo Indiano Estonian: et Indiaanlane Finnish: fi Intiaani French: fr Indien m Galician: gl Indio German: de Indianer m, de Inder m Hungarian: hu Hindu Irish: ga Indiach m an tIndiach Japanese: ja インディアン座 indianza Polish: pl Indianin m Russian: ru Инде́ец m Spanish: es Indus Etymology 3 +, Alberta en industry. Proper noun en Q6027368 en hamlet p/Alberta c/Canada. Anagrams en dinsu Dinus nidus en exonyms Czech Pronunciation Proper noun m-in induský the en Indus river Declension m.sg.foreign cs Rivers in China Rivers in India Rivers in Pakistan Finnish Etymology From fi la Indus. Pronunciation Proper noun Indus river Declension sg Indu a Derived terms fi compounds induskulttuuri Hungarian hu: Pronunciation hu In dus hu uʃ 2 Proper noun hu proper noun hu large river in south-central cont/Asia Indus Declension Induso o - sgIndus ai hu Rivers in China hu Rivers in India hu Rivers in Pakistan Latin la: right|thumb|View of the river Etymology la Indus :bor grc:Ἰνδός ++ 1 Pronunciation Indus Proper noun Indus<2> la Q7348 la Indus Q7348 Declension Indus<2> Descendants 1 en Indus 1 fi Indus 1 fr Indus<qq:unadapted borrowing> 1 de Indus 1 hu Indus it Indo 1 pl Indus pt Indo es Indo Adjective Indus la Indian Indian, of or pertaining to India la Indicus Declension Indus Related terms la India Indicus References Indus, i Indus, a, um la Rivers in China Rivers in India Rivers in Pakistan Polish pl: thumb|Indus (pl Q7348) Etymology pl :lbor la:Indus + 1 Pronunciation LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Indus.wav Proper noun m-in pl Q7348 pl Indus Q7348 pl Q6027368 pl Indus Q6027368 Declension s Noun m-pr Induska Indian a person from India pl Hindus Indyjczyk Declension Further reading 115363