हिण्ड्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • হিণ্ড্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬳᬶᬡ᭄ᬟ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • হিণ্ড্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰮𑰰𑰜𑰿𑰚𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀳𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀟𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ဟိဏ္ဍ် (Burmese script)
  • હિણ્ડ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਹਿਣ੍ਡ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌹𑌿𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦲꦶꦟ꧀ꦝ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂯𑂱𑂝𑂹𑂙𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಹಿಣ್ಡ್ (Kannada script)
  • ហិណ្ឌ៑ (Khmer script)
  • ຫິຓ຺ຑ຺ (Lao script)
  • ഹിണ്ഡ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡥᡳᢏᡷ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘮𑘱𑘜𑘿𑘚𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠾᠢᢏᢎ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧎𑧒𑦼𑧠𑦺𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐴𑐶𑐞𑑂𑐜𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ହିଣ୍ଡ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢲꢶꢠ꣄ꢞ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆲𑆴𑆟𑇀𑆝𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖮𑖰𑖜𑖿𑖚𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • හිණ‍්ඩ් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑪂𑩑𑩪 𑪙𑩨 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚩𑚮𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚶 (Takri script)
  • ஹிண்ட்³ (Tamil script)
  • హిణ్డ్ (Telugu script)
  • หิณฺฑฺ (Thai script)
  • ཧི་ཎྜ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒯𑒱𑒝𑓂𑒛𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨱𑨁𑨘𑩇𑨖𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Related to New Indo-Aryan [script needed] (*hiṭṭ-) and [script needed] (*haṭṭ-), and probably borrowed from a foreign source.

The meaning of "to be empty", attested in some texts, is likely spurious.

Pronunciation

Root

हिण्ड् • (hiṇḍ)

  1. to go, move, wander, or roam about
  2. to disregard, slight

Derived terms
  • अहिण्डन्त (ahiṇḍanta)
  • जिहिण्डे (jihiṇḍe)
  • हिण्डते (hiṇḍate)

References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “हिण्ड्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1298/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 205
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 539
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 594
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