Hindu
/ˈhɪnduː/
Hindu adjective: of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.
Adjective
Hindu (not comparable)
- Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.
- Hindu American organizations, including the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus in North America, advocated for the law.2025 October 7, Deepa Bharath, “California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday”, in KCRA
- Synonyms:
- Dharmic
Noun
Hindu (plural Hindus)
- A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).
- Hindu American organizations, including the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus in North America, advocated for the law.2025 October 7, Deepa Bharath, “California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday”, in KCRA
- Any native inhabitant of Hindustan.
- A bunnia (merchant or trader) with a company of soldiers.
- A person of Indian religion and race.
Hindu meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Hindu in Hindi
- of or relating to Hinduism
- हिन्दू hindū, हिंदू hindū
- of or relating to Hindus and their culture
- हिंदू hindū, हिन्दू hindū
- religious adherent
- हिन्दू hindū, सनातनी sanātnī
Hindu in Tamil
- religious adherent
- இந்து intu
Hindu in Marathi
- Hindu
- हिंदू hindū
Hindu in Urdu
- religious adherent
- ہندو hindū
More languagesFewer languages
- Hindu in Bengali
- হিন্দু hindu, ইন্দু indu
- Hindu in Telugu
- హిందువు hinduvu
- Hindu in Malayalam
- ഹൈന്ദവ haindava, ഹിന്ദുക്കളുടെ hindukkaḷuṭe, ഹിന്ദു hindu
- Hindu in Gujarati
- હિંદુ hindu
- Hindu in Sanskrit
- हिन्दु hindu
- Hindu in Assamese
- হিন্দু hindu
- Hindu in Arabic
- هِنْدُوسِيّ hindūsiyy
- Hindu in Persian
- هندو hendu
- Hindu in Vietnamese
- Ấn-độ giáo
- Hindu in Myanmar
- ဟိန္ဒူ hindu
Synonyms of Hindu
Forms of Hindu
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (derogatory, archaic) | Hindoo |
| Noun | |
| plural | Hindus |
Origin of Hindu
Derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُو (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 *síndʰuš (“river”).
Words formed from Hindu
Phrases with Hindu
Questions about Hindu
- What does Hindu mean?
- Hindu means of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.
- What is Hindu in Hindi?
- Hindu in Hindi is हिन्दू (hindū), हिंदू (hindū), सनातनी (sanātnī). See Hindu meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Hindu?
- Hindu can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Hindu?
- Hindu is pronounced /ˈhɪnduː/.
Words near Hindu in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Hindu (page history and authors); हिंदू (Marathi) (page history and authors); हिन्दु (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); হিন্দু (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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