Hindu

• Hindoo (dated)

From Persian هندو‎ (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 *sindʰuš (“river”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪnduː/

Hindu (not comparable)

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

Hindu

1. An origin of many religions including Sikhism, Jainism, Buddhism. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Hindu (plural Hindus)

1. A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).
2. (dated) Any native inhabitant of Hindustan, especially one of the Dravidian or Aryan races.

• religionist

• (religionists) religionist; Ahmadi,‎ Baha'i,‎ Buddhist,‎ Christian,‎ deist,‎ Druid,‎ Eckist,‎ heathen,‎ Hindu,‎ Jain,‎ Jedi,‎ Jew,‎ Mormon,‎ Mormonist,‎ Muslim,‎ Odinist,‎ pagan,‎ Pastafarian,‎ Rastafarian,‎ Raëlian,‎ Shintoist,‎ Sikh,‎ Taoist,‎ Unitarian Universalist,‎ Yazidi,‎ Wiccan,‎ Zoroastrian ^{(Category: en:Religion) [edit]}

• hundi, unhid

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

Hindu

1. (astronomy) Indus