hndwk'ʾn

== Middle Persian == === Etymology === From hndwk' (Hindūg, “an Indian”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /⁠Hiⁿduš⁠/), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu, “the Indus River”) or Proto-Iranian *hínduš. Also see hnd (hind). === Noun === hndwk'ʾn • (Hindūgān) India, Hindustan ==== Descendants ==== Classical Persian: هِنْد (hind), هِنْدُو (hindū), هِنْدُوسْتَان (hindūstān) (see there for further descendants) → Chinese: 天竺 (Tiānzhú) → Japanese: 天竺 (てんじく, Tenjiku) → Korean: 천축 (Cheonchuk) → Vietnamese: Thiên Trúc → Chinese: 印度 (Yìndù) → Japanese: インド (Indo), 印度 (インド, Indo) (rare) → Korean: 인도 (Indo) → Vietnamese: Ấn Độ → Chinese: 身毒 (Juāndú, Yuándú, Yuāndú) ==== References ==== MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “Hindūgān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press