Hindu Kush

Hindukush Hindu-Kush English Alternative forms en Hindu-Kush Hindukush en Hindoo-Kush Hindoo-Koosh Hindu-Coosh Hindoo Coosh obsolete Etymology Ultimately en fa-cls هِنْدُوکُش 1, the etymology of which is uncertain. According to Ibn Battuta and popular etymology, from fa-cls - fa-cls هِنْدُو<t:Hindu> کُش<pos:present stem of fa-cls کُشْتَن to kill> Hindu-killer 1.Reclus Élisée Élisée Reclus Keane, A. H. 1885 The Earth and Its Inhabitants 4 New York D. Appleton and Company 19 https://books.google.com/books?id=UCxPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA19 According to others, a corruption of fa-cls هِنْدُوکوه, itself a 1 fa-cls هِنْدُو<t:Hindu> کوه<t:mountain> mountain of the Hindus 1, in which case the name would be related to the term en Hindkowan used to describe people living near the region who speak Hindko. Attested in English from the 18th century. Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Hindu Kush.wav US en ʊʃ 3 Proper noun Hindu Kush en mountain range c/Afghanistan,Pakistan. en Hindu Koh Translations mountain range Armenian: hy Հինդուկուշ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 興都庫什山脈, literary historical cmn 縣度 Czech: cs Hindúkuš m Estonian: et Hindukuš Finnish: fi Hindukuš German: de Hindukusch m Gujarati: gu હિંદુકુશ m Hindi: hi हिन्दु कुश, hi हिन्दूकुश m Italian: it Hindu Kush m, it Hindukush m Japanese: ja ヒンドゥークシュ山脈 Hindūkushu sanmyaku Latin: la Paropamisus m, la Paropanisus m Macedonian: mk Хиндукуш m Marathi: mr हिंदू कुश ? Persian: Dari: fa هندوکش hindūkuš Iranian Persian: fa هندوکش hendukoš Polish: pl Hindukusz m Portuguese: pt Hindu Kush m, pt Hindukush m, uncommon pt Indocuche m Russian: ru Гиндуку́ш m Tajik: tg Ҳиндукуш Turkish: Ottoman Turkish: ota هندوكش hinduküş Urdu: ur ہِنْدُوکُش m Uzbek: uz Hindukush References Portuguese Alternative forms pt Hindukush pt Indocuche uncommon Proper noun m 1 pt range c/Afghanistan and c/Pakistan Hindu Kush