𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from an Old Iranian representation of Old Indo-Aryan सिन्धु (sindhu-, “big river, Indus”);[1] see there for further theorized descent.

Proper noun

𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /Hiⁿduš/).[2][3][4]

  1. India (the Indus valley region under Achaemenid rule)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Persian: hndwk'ʾn (hndwk'ʾn /⁠hindūgān⁠/, “Hindustan”), [Book Pahlavi needed] (hndwkstʾn' /⁠hindūgestān⁠/, “Hindustan”) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Akkadian:
    Late Babylonian: 𒅔𒁺𒌑 (in-du-ú /⁠Indū⁠/)[1]
  • → Ancient Greek: Ἰνδός (Indós), Ἰνδία (Indía)
  • → Egyptian:
    Late Egyptian:


    (hndwꜣy)[7][8][9]
  • → Elamite:
    Achaemenid Elamite: 𒄭𒅔𒁺 (hi-in-du /⁠Hindu⁠/), 𒄭𒅔𒁺𒆜 (hi-in-du-iš /⁠Hinduiš⁠/), 𒄭𒁺𒆜 (hi-du-iš /⁠Hiduiš⁠/)[1]
  • → Hebrew: הודו (Hṓddū), הֹדּוּ (Hṓddū)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 26
  2. ^ Old Persian: Dictionary, Glossary and Concordance by Avi Bachenheimer
  3. ^ Dna inscription of Darius I, Line 25
  4. ^ Jason Neelis, Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks, BRILL 2010 p.96
  5. ^ Titus
  6. ^ Titus
  7. ^ Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques, page 187
  8. ^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject L12, hndw3y (OP. Hinduš = India), Livius.org
  9. ^ Yar-Shater, Ehsan (1982) Encyclopaedia Iranica‎[1], Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN, page 10
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