Hindus
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Hindus
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Hindu or Hindoo (ˈhɪnduː, hɪnˈduː, ˈhɪnduː, hɪnˈduː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| Hindoo or Hindoo | |
| —n | |
| —adj | |
| [C17: from Persian Hindū, from Hind India; see | |
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Word Origin & History
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,"
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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