Hindiyyah

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هِنْدِيَّة (hindiyya)

Proper noun

Hindiyyah

  1. India (the country).
    Synonyms: Hindustan, Bharat, India
  2. (historical) The official name of the Mughal Empire in Arabic.
  3. Al Fatawa Al Hindiyyah: a 17th-century book of Hanafi jurisprudence, compiled in Sultanate Al Hindiyyah during the reign of emperor Aurangzeb.
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