Indus

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: ĭn′dəs (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.dəs/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈən.dəs/ (India) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.ɖəs/ Rhymes: -ɪndəs Hyphenation: In‧dus === Etymology 1 === 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". ==== Proper noun ==== Indus A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== Indian Indies ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== Hintze, Almut (1998) "The Migrations of the Indo-Iranians and the Iranian Sound-Change s > h." In: Meid, Wolfgang, (ed.), Sprache und Kultur der Indogermanen. Akten der 10.Fachtagung der Indogermanischen Gesellschaft, Innsbruck 22.-29.9.1996. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, 139-153, 1 map. (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft, Bd. 93) === Etymology 2 === Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin Indus (“Indian”), commemorating American Indians. ==== Proper noun ==== Indus (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky between Grus and Pavo. ===== Derived terms ===== Indi ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Clipping of industry. ==== Proper noun ==== Indus A hamlet in Alberta, Canada. === Anagrams === Dinus, nidus == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɪndus] === Proper noun === Indus m inan (relational adjective induský) the Indus river ==== Declension ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From Latin Indus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈindus/, [ˈindus̠] Rhymes: -indus Syllabification(key): In‧dus Hyphenation(key): In‧dus === Proper noun === Indus Indus (river) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈinduʃ] Hyphenation: In‧dus Rhymes: -uʃ === Proper noun === Indus Indus (a large river in south-central Asia) ==== Declension ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪn.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈin.dus] === Proper noun === Indus m sg (genitive Indī); second declension The Indus River. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === See also === indus === References === “Indus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "Indus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “Indus”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[4] “Indus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “Indus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Indus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈin.dus/ Rhymes: -indus Syllabification: In‧dus === Proper noun === Indus m inan Indus (a major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea) Indus (a hamlet in Alberta, Canada) ==== Declension ==== === Noun === Indus m pers (female equivalent Induska) Indian (a person from India) Synonyms: Hindus, Indyjczyk ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Indus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN Indus in Polish dictionaries at PWN