India - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

See also: india, INDIA, Indïa, Ìndia, Índia, and índia

1 Translingual
- 1.1 Alternative forms
- 1.2 Etymology
- 1.3 Pronunciation
- 1.4 Noun
  - 1.4.1 Translations
- 1.5 References
2 English
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Pronunciation
- 2.3 Proper noun
  - 2.3.1 Usage notes
  - 2.3.2 Synonyms
  - 2.3.3 Meronyms
  - 2.3.4 Derived terms
  - 2.3.5 Descendants
  - 2.3.6 Translations
- 2.4 See also
- 2.5 Anagrams
3 Albanian
- 3.1 Proper noun
4 Asturian
- 4.1 Etymology
- 4.2 Proper noun
  - 4.2.1 Related terms
5 Basque
- 5.1 Pronunciation
- 5.2 Proper noun
  - 5.2.1 Declension
  - 5.2.2 Derived terms
  - 5.2.3 See also
6 Central Huasteca Nahuatl
- 6.1 Etymology
- 6.2 Proper noun
7 Central Nahuatl
- 7.1 Proper noun
8 Dutch
- 8.1 Etymology
- 8.2 Pronunciation
- 8.3 Proper noun
  - 8.3.1 Related terms
9 Faroese
- 9.1 Etymology
- 9.2 Pronunciation
- 9.3 Proper noun
  - 9.3.1 Declension
  - 9.3.2 Derived terms
10 Fiji Hindi
- 10.1 Etymology
- 10.2 Proper noun
11 Galician
- 11.1 Alternative forms
- 11.2 Etymology
- 11.3 Proper noun
  - 11.3.1 Related terms
12 Hungarian
- 12.1 Etymology
- 12.2 Pronunciation
- 12.3 Proper noun
  - 12.3.1 Declension
  - 12.3.2 Derived terms
- 12.4 See also
13 Indonesian
- 13.1 Etymology
- 13.2 Pronunciation
- 13.3 Proper noun
- 13.4 See also
- 13.5 Further reading
14 Irish
- 14.1 Etymology
- 14.2 Pronunciation
- 14.3 Proper noun
  - 14.3.1 Usage notes
  - 14.3.2 Declension
  - 14.3.3 Derived terms
- 14.4 Mutation
- 14.5 Further reading
15 Italian
- 15.1 Etymology
- 15.2 Pronunciation
- 15.3 Proper noun
  - 15.3.1 Derived terms
- 15.4 Anagrams
16 Latin
- 16.1 Etymology
- 16.2 Pronunciation
- 16.3 Proper noun
  - 16.3.1 Declension
  - 16.3.2 Descendants
- 16.4 References
17 Malagasy
- 17.1 Etymology
- 17.2 Proper noun
18 Norwegian Bokmål
- 18.1 Etymology
- 18.2 Proper noun
  - 18.2.1 Derived terms
  - 18.2.2 Related terms
19 Norwegian Nynorsk
- 19.1 Etymology
- 19.2 Proper noun
  - 19.2.1 Derived terms
  - 19.2.2 Related terms
20 Portuguese
- 20.1 Etymology
- 20.2 Proper noun
21 Romanian
- 21.1 Etymology
- 21.2 Pronunciation
- 21.3 Proper noun
22 Slovak
- 22.1 Pronunciation
- 22.2 Proper noun
- 22.3 References
23 Spanish
- 23.1 Etymology
- 23.2 Pronunciation
- 23.3 Proper noun
  - 23.3.1 Usage notes
  - 23.3.2 Derived terms
  - 23.3.3 Related terms
- 23.4 Further reading
24 Swahili
- 24.1 Etymology
- 24.2 Pronunciation
- 24.3 Proper noun
25 Welsh
- 25.1 Pronunciation
- 25.2 Proper noun
  - 25.2.1 Usage notes
  - 25.2.2 Coordinate terms
  - 25.2.3 Derived terms
26 Yoruba
- 26.1 Etymology
- 26.2 Pronunciation
- 26.3 Proper noun

Translingual[edit]


India [Translingual sense 2]

India [Translingual sense 3]

Alternative forms[edit]

india

Etymology[edit]

From English India.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈɪndia]^[1]

Noun[edit]

India

(international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter I.
(nautical) Signal flag for the letter I.
(time zone) UTC+09:00

ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes for letters
code	Alfa	Bravo	Charlie	Delta	Echo	Foxtrot	Golf	Hotel	India	Juliett	Kilo	Lima	Mike
code	November	Oscar	Papa	Quebec	Romeo	Sierra	Tango	Uniform	Victor	Whiskey	Xray	Yankee	Zulu

Translations[edit]

the letter "I" in a national spelling alphabet

Czech: Ivan(cs)
English: Item
Estonian: India(et)
Finnish: Iivari(fi)
Italian: Imola
Russian: Ива́н(ru)m (Iván)
Swedish: Ivar(sv)

References[edit]

^ DIN 5009:2022-06, Deutsches Institut für Normung, June 2022, pageAnhang B: Buchstabiertafel der ICAO („Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet“)

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:

India (word)

Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “What is the evidence for direct inheritance from Old English instead of two separate borrowings from Latin?”

Inherited from Old English India, Indea, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

Compare Middle English Inde and Ynde from Old French Ynde (original form started to prevail in the 16th century), Classical Persian هند (hind, “India”), Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(India) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.dɪə̯/, /ˈɪɳ.ɖɪ.jaː/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.dɪə/
(General American) enPR: ĭnʹdēə, IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.di.ə/
- Audio (US) (file)

Proper noun[edit]

India (plural Indias)

A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India. Capital: New Delhi.
(chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.
(historical, often "British India") A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.
A female given name

Usage notes[edit]

When discussing the pre-modern history of South Asia, naming the entire subcontinent India is common. For discussing the current states, which include the Republic of India, this can cause offense and confusion and is usually avoided with the terms Indian Subcontinent or South Asia (except in the specific context of discussing Indian reunification).

At times when multiple countries existed in South Asia, these have sometimes been pluralised as Indias or Indies. The word Indies survives in some place names such as East Indies and West Indies but is otherwise obsolete.

Synonyms[edit]

(Republic of India): Bharat, Hinduland (rare), Hindustan
(Landmass): Indian subcontinent, South Asia (usually including Indian Ocean nations), the subcontinent

Meronyms[edit]

(the subcontinent): Pakistan, Bangladesh

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

→ Gujarati: ઈન્ડિયા (īnḍiyā)
→ Hawaiian: ʻĪnia, ʻInia
→ Hindi: इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)
→ Bengali: ইন্ডিয়া (inḍiẏa)
→ Japanese: インディア
→ Kannada: ಇಂಡಿಯಾ (iṇḍiyā)
→ Kashmiri: इंडिया (iṃḍiyā)
→ Korean: 인디아 (india)
→ Malayalam: ഇന്ത്യ (intya), ഇന്റ്യ (inṟya), ഇന്ദ്യ (indya)
→ Marathi: इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)
→ Tamil: இந்தியா (intiyā)
→ Telugu: ఇండియా (iṇḍiyā)

Translations[edit]

the country

Abkhaz: Индиа (Indja)
Adyghe: Индие (Jindije)
Afrikaans: Indië(af)
Albanian: India(sq)f, Indif
Amharic: ህንድ (hənd)
Arabic: الْهِنْد(ar)f (al-hind)
Aragonese: Indiaf
Armenian: Հնդկաստան (Hndkastan)
Old Armenian: Հնդիկք (Hndikkʿ), Հնդկաստան (Hndkastan)
Assamese: ভাৰত (bharot)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܸܢܕܘܼ (hindu)
Asturian: India(ast)f
Aymara: Indya
Azerbaijani: Hindistan(az)
Bashkir: Һиндостан (Hindostan)
Belarusian: І́ндыяf (Índyja)
Bengali: ভারত(bn) (bharot)
Bihari: भारत (bhārat)
Bislama: India
Bodo (India): भारत (bharot)
Brahui: Inđíá
Breton: India
Bulgarian: И́ндия(bg)f (Índija)
Burmese: အိန္ဒိယ (indi.ya.)
Buryat: Энэдхэг (Enedxeg)
Carpathian Rusyn: І́ндіяf (Índija)
Catalan: Índia(ca)f
Chechen: Инди (İndi)
Cherokee: ᎢᏂᏗᎢᎠ (inidiia)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 印度(yue) (jan³ dou⁶)
Dungan: Йиндў (Yindw)
Eastern Min: 印度 (Éng-dô)
Hakka: 印度 (Yin-thu)
Hokkien: 印度 (Ìn-tō͘)
Mandarin: 印度(zh) (Yìndù)
Wu: 印度 (¹in-du)
Coptic: ϩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲩ (hentou)
Crimean Tatar: İndistan
Czech: Indie(cs)f
Danish: Indien(da)n
Dhivehi: އިންޑިއާ (in̊ḍiā), ހިންދުސްތާނު(dv) (hin̊dustānu)
Dinka: Indiɛn
Dogri: भारत (bhārat)
Dutch: India(nl)n
Dzongkha: རྒྱ་གར (rgya gar)
Egyptian:

(hndwꜣy)
Esperanto: Barato(eo), Hindio (dated), Hindujo (dated)
Estonian: India(et)
Farefare: Indo
Faroese: Indian
Finnish: Intia(fi)
French: Inde(fr)f
Old French: Yndef, Inde
Galician: India(gl)f
Georgian: ინდოეთი(ka) (indoeti)
German: Indien(de)n
Greek: Ινδία(el)f (Indía)
Ancient: Ἰνδία (Indía)
Gujarati: ભારત(gu) (bhārat), ઈન્ડિયા (īnḍiyā), હિંદ (hind)
Hausa: Indiya
Hawaiian: ʻĪnia
Hebrew: הודו / הֹדּוּ(he)f (hódu)
Hindi: भारत(hi)m (bhārat), इंडिया(hi)m (iṇḍiyā), हिन्दुस्तान(hi)m (hindustān), हिंदुस्तान(hi)m (hindustān), (formal) भारतवर्ष(hi)m (bhāratvarṣ), (dated) हिंद(hi)m (hind), हिन्द(hi)m (hind)
Hungarian: India(hu)
Icelandic: Indland(is)n
Indonesian: India(id)
Ingush: Хӏиндиче (Hindiče)
Interlingua: India
Irish: An Indiaf, Poblacht na hIndiaf
Italian: India(it)f
Japanese: インド(ja) (Indo), (dated) 印度(ja) (いんど, Indo), インディア (India)
Kamba: India
Kannada: ಭಾರತ(kn) (bhārata), (official) ಭಾರತ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ (bhārata gaṇarājya), ಹಿಂದೂಸ್ಥಾನ (hindūsthāna)
Kashmiri:
Devanagari: हिन्दोस्तान (hindōstān), इंडिया (iṃḍiyā)
Perso-Arabic: ہِندوستانm (hindōstān), بھارَتm (bhārat), اِنڈِیاm (inḍiyā)
Kashubian: Indief
Kazakh: Үндістан(kk) (Ündıstan)
Khmer: ឥណ្ឌា(km) (ʼəndiə), ឥណ្ឌៀ(km) (ʼəndiə)
Kikuyu: India
Konkani: भारत (bhārat)
Korean: 인도(印度)(ko) (Indo), 인디아(ko) (India) (alternative or North Korea)
Kumyk: Гьиндистан (Hindistan)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Hindistan(ku)
Kyrgyz: Индия(ky) (İndiya)
Lak: Гьиндусттан (Hindust:an)
Lao: ອິນເດຍ(lo) (ʼin dīa), ອິນເດັຽ (ʼin dīa)
Latin: India(la)f
Latvian: Indija(lv)f
Lithuanian: Indija(lt)f
Lü: ᦊᦲᧃᧈᦎᦴᧈ (ẏiin¹ṫuu¹)
Luo: India
Luxembourgish: Indien
Macedonian: Индија(mk)f (Indija)
Maithili: भारत (bhārat)
Malagasy: India(mg)
Malay: India(ms)
Malayalam: ഇന്ത്യ(ml) (intya), ഭാരതം(ml) (bhārataṁ)
Maltese: l-Indja
Manchu: ᠶᡝᠨ
ᡩᡠ (yen du)
Manipuri: ভারত (bharôt)
Maori: Īnia
Marathi: भारत (bhārat)
Meru: India
Middle Persian: hndwkʾn' (Hindūgān)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Энэтхэг (Enetxeg)
Mongolian: ᠡᠨᠡᠳᠬᠡᠭ (enedkeg)
Navajo: Tó Wónaanídę́ę́ʼ Bitsįʼ Yishtłizhii Bikéyah
Neapolitan: Inniaf
Nepali: भारत(ne) (bhārat)
Newar: भारत (bhārata)
Norman: Îndef
Norwegian:
Bokmål: India(no)
Occitan: Índia(oc)f
Odia: ଭାରତ(or) (bharôtô)
Old English: Indea
Old Persian: 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /⁠hidūš⁠/)
Ossetian: Инди (Indi)
Parthian: 𐭇𐭍𐭃𐭎𐭕𐭍 (ḥndstn /⁠hindestān⁠/)
Pashto: هند(ps)m (hend), انډياf (endyā), هندوستانm (hendustān)
Persian: هِنْد(fa) (hend), هِنْدوسْتان(fa) (hendustân)
Plautdietsch: Indienf
Polish: Indie(pl)fpl
Portuguese: Índia(pt)f
Punjabi: ਭਾਰਤ (bhārat), ਹਿੰਦ (hind), ਹਿੰਦੁਸਤਾਨ (hindustān)
Rarotongan: Īnītia
Rohingya: Indía
Romani: Indiya, Pharatiya
Romanian: India(ro)f
Russian: И́ндия(ru)f (Índija)
Samogitian: Indėjė
Sanskrit: भारत(sa)n (bhārata), भारतवर्ष(sa)n (bhāratavarṣa)
Santali: ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛ (siñôt)
Scots: Indie
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ѝндијаf
Roman: Ìndija(sh)f
Sicilian: Ìnniaf
Silesian: Indyjef
Sindhi: ڀارت (bharatu), هندستان (hindustānu), هند (hindu)
Sinhalese: භාරත් (bhārat), ඉන්දියාව(si) (indiyāwa)
Slovak: India(sk)f
Slovene: Índija(sl)f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Indiskaf
Upper Sorbian: Indiskaf
Spanish: India(es)f
Swahili: India(sw), Hindi(sw), Uhindi
Swedish: Indien(sv)n
Tagalog: Indiya
Tajik: Ҳиндустон(tg) (Hinduston), Ҳинд (Hind)
Tamil: இந்தியா(ta) (intiyā), பாரதம்(ta) (pāratam)
Tatar: Һиндстан (Hindstan)
Telugu: ఇండియా(te) (iṇḍiyā), భారత దేశము(te) (bhārata dēśamu), భారత(te) (bhārata)
Thai: อินเดีย(th) (in-diia)
Tibetan: རྒྱ་གར (rgya gar), ཧིན་དྷུ (hin dhu)
Tigrinya: ህንዲ (həndi)
Tongan: ʻInitia
Turkish: Hindistan(tr)
Turkmen: Hindistan
Cyrillic: Хиндистан
Ukrainian: І́ндія(uk)f (Índija)
Urdu: ہِنْدُوسْتانm (hindūstān), بھارَت(ur)m (bhārat), اِنْڈِیاm (inḍiyā), ہِنْدm (hind)
Uyghur: ھىندىستان (hindistan), ئەنەتكەك (enetkek) (archaic)
Cyrillic: Һиндистан (Hindistan)
Uzbek: Hindiston(uz)
Vietnamese: Ấn Độ(vi) (印度)
Welsh: India(cy)
Western Panjabi: ھندستان(pnb), بھارت
Yakut: Үүндүйэ (Üündüye)
Yiddish: אינדיע (indye)
Yoruba: India
Zazaki: Hindıstan(diq)
Zhuang: Yindu

Bharat — see Bharat

Anagrams[edit]

I and I, NIAID, iniad

Albanian[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

India

definite nominative singular of Indi

Asturian[edit]

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^ast

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Proper noun[edit]

Indiaf

India (a country in South Asia)

Related terms[edit]

indiu

Basque[edit]

Basque Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^eu

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /india/ [ĩn̪.d̪i.a]
Rhymes: -ia
Hyphenation: In‧di‧a

Proper noun[edit]

Indiainan

India (a country in South Asia)

Declension[edit]

Declension of India (inanimate, ending in -a)

	indefinite
absolutive	India
ergative	Indiak
dative	Indiari
genitive	Indiaren
comitative	Indiarekin
causative	Indiarengatik
benefactive	Indiarentzat
instrumental	Indiaz
inessive	Indian
locative	Indiako
allative	Indiara
terminative	Indiaraino
directive	Indiarantz
destinative	Indiarako
ablative	Indiatik
partitive	Indiarik
prolative	Indiatzat

Derived terms[edit]

indiar (“Indian”)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Proper noun[edit]

India

India (a country in South Asia)

Central Nahuatl[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

India

India (a country in South Asia)

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.diˌaː/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: In‧di‧a

Proper noun[edit]

Indian

India (a country in South Asia)

Related terms[edit]

Faroese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš) (Persian هند (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɪntia/

Proper noun[edit]

Indian

India (a country in South Asia)

Declension[edit]

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	India
Accusative	India
Dative	India
Genitive	India

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Fiji Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Hindi इंडिया (iṇḍiyā)

Proper noun[edit]

India

India (a country in South Asia)
Synonyms: Bharat, Hindustan

Galician[edit]

Galician Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^gl

Alternative forms[edit]

Índia (reintegrationist)

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Proper noun[edit]

Indiaf

India (a country in South Asia)

Related terms[edit]

indio

Hungarian[edit]

India on HungarianWikipedia

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈindijɒ]
Hyphenation: In‧dia
Rhymes: -jɒ

Proper noun[edit]

India

India (a country in South Asia)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	India	—
accusative	Indiát	—
dative	Indiának	—
instrumental	Indiával	—
causal-final	Indiáért	—
translative	Indiává	—
terminative	Indiáig	—
essive-formal	Indiaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Indiában	—
superessive	Indián	—
adessive	Indiánál	—
illative	Indiába	—
sublative	Indiára	—
allative	Indiához	—
elative	Indiából	—
delative	Indiáról	—
ablative	Indiától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Indiáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Indiáéi	—

Possessive forms of India
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Indiám	—
2nd person sing.	Indiád	—
3rd person sing.	Indiája	—
1st person plural	Indiánk	—
2nd person plural	Indiátok	—
3rd person plural	Indiájuk	—

Derived terms[edit]

indiai

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch India, from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (sindhu), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈɪndia̯]
Hyphenation: In‧dia

Proper noun[edit]

India

India (a country in South Asia)

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɪnʲdʲiə/

Proper noun[edit]

An Indiaf (genitive na hIndia, nominative plural na hIndiacha)

India (a country in South Asia; official name: Poblacht na hIndia)

Usage notes[edit]

Always preceded by the definite article.

Declension[edit]

Declension of India

Derived terms[edit]

Fo-Ilchríoch na hIndiaf (“the Indian subcontinent”)
Indiach (“Indian”, adjective)
Indiachm (“Indian”)
Na hIndiacha (“the Indies”)

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
India	nIndia	hIndia	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology[edit]

From Latin India.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈin.dja/
Rhymes: -indja
Hyphenation: Ìn‧dia

Proper noun[edit]

Indiaf

India (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

daini

Latin[edit]

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^la

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “the Indus river”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.a/, [ˈɪn̪d̪iä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.di.a/, [ˈin̪d̪iä]

Proper noun[edit]

Indiafsg (genitive Indiae); first declension

(Late Latin) (chiefly historical, proscribed in modern use) India (a region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent)
(New Latin) India (a country in South Asia)

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	India
Genitive	Indiae
Dative	Indiae
Accusative	Indiam
Ablative	Indiā
Vocative	India

Descendants[edit]

Sicilian: Ìnnia

References[edit]

India in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
India in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Malagasy[edit]

Malagasy Wikipedia has an article on:

India

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Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Proper noun[edit]

India

India (a country in South Asia)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Proper noun[edit]

India

India (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms[edit]

Indiahavet

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Proper noun[edit]

India

India (a country in South Asia)

Derived terms[edit]

Indiahavet

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin India.

Proper noun[edit]

Indiaf

Obsolete spelling of Índia

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin India

Pronunciation[edit]

Audio (file)

Proper noun[edit]

Indiaf

India (a country in South Asia)

Slovak[edit]

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^sk

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈinɟi̯a]

Proper noun[edit]

Indiaf (genitive singular Indie, declension pattern of ulica)

India (a country in South Asia)

References[edit]

“India”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin India, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía), from Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indus River”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš) (modern Persian هند (hend)) from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈindja/ [ˈĩn̪.d̪ja]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -indja
Syllabification: In‧dia

Proper noun[edit]

Indiaf

India (a country in South Asia)

Usage notes[edit]

The definite article is optional when referring to India in Spanish (i.e. la India).

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

indio

Swahili[edit]

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^sw

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English India.

Pronunciation[edit]

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Proper noun[edit]

India

India (a country in South Asia)
Synonyms: Uhindi, Hindi

Welsh[edit]

Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:

India

Wikipedia ^cy

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɪndja/
Rhymes: -ɪndja

Proper noun[edit]

Indiaf

India (a country in South Asia)

Usage notes[edit]

In older, more formal language, this country name is found preceded by the definite article yr.

Coordinate terms[edit]

(countries of Asia) gwledydd Asia; Affganistan, Armenia, Aserbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhwtan, Brwnei, Cambodia, Casachstan, Catar, Coweit, Cirgistan, Cyprus, De Korea, Dwyrain Timor, yr Emiradau Arabaidd Unedig, Fietnam, Georgia, Iemen, India, Indonesia, Irac, Iran, Israel, Japan, Gwlad Tai, Gwlad yr Iorddonen, Laos, Libanus, Maleisia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Gogledd Korea, Oman, Pacistan, Palesteina, y Philipinau, Rwsia, Sawdi Arabia, Singapôr, Sri Lanca, Syria, Taiwan, Tajicistan, Tsieina, Twrci, Tyrkmenistan, Wsbecistan

Derived terms[edit]

cnau'r India (“nutmegs”)

Yoruba[edit]

Yoruba Wikipedia has an article on:

Íńdíà

Wikipedia ^yo

Etymology[edit]

From English India.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /í.ŋ́.dí.à/

Proper noun[edit]

Íńdíà

India (a country in South Asia)

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