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Hindu

[hin-doo] Origin

Hin·du

[hin-doo]
noun
1.
a person, especially of northern India, who adheres to Hinduism.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to Hindus or Hinduism.

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Hindu is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Also, Hindoo.


Origin:
1655–65; < Persian Hindū Indian (adj., noun), equivalent to Hind (see Hindi) + adj. suffix

non-Hin·du, noun, adjective
pro-Hin·du, adjective
pseu·do-Hin·du, adjective, noun
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Hindu or Hindoo (ˈhɪnduː, hɪnˈduː, ˈhɪnduː, hɪnˈduː)
 
n , pl -dus, -doos
1.  a person who adheres to Hinduism
2.  an inhabitant or native of Hindustan or India, esp one adhering to Hinduism
 
adj
3.  relating to Hinduism, Hindus, or India
 
[C17: from Persian Hindū, from Hind India; see Hindi]
 
Hindoo or Hindoo
 
n
 
adj
 
[C17: from Persian Hindū, from Hind India; see Hindi]

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Hindu
1662, from Pers. Hindu (adj. & noun) "Indian," from Hind "India," from Skt. sindhu "river," specifically the Indus; hence "region of the Indus," gradually extended across northern India. Hinduism, blanket term for "polytheism of India," is from 1829. The Hindu Kush mountain range means lit. "Indian killer,"
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and was said to have been originally the name given by the Persians to a pass where their Indian slaves had perished in winter.
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