Indus
/ˈɪn.dəs/ · name
Meaning
- A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.
- A constellation of the southern sky between Grus and Pavo.
- A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /hiⁿduš/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎 (hiṇdu)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš or borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu) (whence Sindh). Another explication relates the origin of Indus to Indra which itself derives from the root indu, i.e. " water place or water spirit".
- सिन्धु(Sanskrit)→
- *síndʰuš(iir-pro)→
- 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎(ae)→
- *hínduš(ira-pro)→
- 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁(Old Persian)→
- Ἰνδός(Ancient Greek)→
- Indus(Latin)→
- Indus (English)
- Relations: bor, der, der, der, cog, der, cog
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