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Hindu Kush

Hindu Kush proper noun: a mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Proper noun

Hindu Kush

  1. A mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
    Synonyms:
    Hindu Koh

Hindu Kush meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Gujarati

Hindu Kush in Hindi

mountain range
हिन्दु कुश hindu kuś, हिन्दूकुश hindūkuś

Hindu Kush in Marathi

mountain range
हिंदू कुश hindū kuś

Hindu Kush in Urdu

mountain range
ہِنْدُوکُش hindūkuś

Hindu Kush in Gujarati

mountain range
હિંદુકુશ hindukuś
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Hindu Kush in Persian
هندوکش hindūkuš

Synonyms of Hindu Kush

Forms of Hindu Kush

alternative formHindu-Kush
alternative formHindukush
alternative form (obsolete)Hindoo-Kush
alternative form (obsolete)Hindoo-Koosh
alternative form (obsolete)Hindu-Coosh
alternative form (obsolete)Hindoo Coosh

Origin of Hindu Kush

Ultimately derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُوکُش (hindūkuš), the etymology of which is uncertain. * According to Ibn Battuta and popular etymology, from Classical Persian هِنْدُو (hindū, “Hindu”) + کُش (kuš, present stem of کُشْتَن (kuštan, “to kill”)), literally “Hindu-killer”. * According to others, a corruption of Classical Persian هِنْدُوکوه (hindūkōh), itself a compound of هِنْدُو (hindū, “Hindu”) + کوه (kōh, “mountain”), literally “mountain of the Hindus”, in which case the name would be related to the term Hindkowan used to describe people living near the region who speak Hindko. Attested in English from the 18th century.

Words that rhyme with Hindu Kush

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Questions about Hindu Kush

What does Hindu Kush mean?
Hindu Kush means a mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
What is Hindu Kush in Hindi?
Hindu Kush in Hindi is हिन्दु कुश (hindu kuś), हिन्दूकुश (hindūkuś). See Hindu Kush meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Hindu Kush?
Hindu Kush is a proper noun.

Words near Hindu Kush in the dictionary

  1. hindstomachs
  2. hindthought
  3. hindthoughts
  4. Hindu
  5. Hindu Koh
  6. Hindu Kush
  7. Hindu numeral
  8. Hindu numerals
  9. Hindu push-up
  10. Hindu Rashtra
  11. Hindu squat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hindu Kush (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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