Hindu

• Hindoo (derogatory or archaic)

Derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُو (hindū, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hindūg, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢 (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *síndʰuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪnduː/

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Hindu (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.
   • 2025 October 7, Deepa Bharath, “California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday”, in KCRA‎^[2], archived from the original on 19 November 2025:

     Hindu American organizations, including the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus in North America, advocated for the law.

• Dharmic

• Hindutva
• Hindutvavadi

Hindu (plural Hindus)

1. A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).
   • 2025 October 7, Deepa Bharath, “California makes Diwali an official statewide holiday”, in KCRA‎^[3], archived from the original on 19 November 2025:

     Hindu American organizations, including the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus in North America, advocated for the law.

2. (dated) Any native inhabitant of Hindustan.
3. (North-West Frontier Province of British India, military, obsolete) A bunnia (merchant or trader) with a company of soldiers.^[1]
4. (dated) A person of Indian religion and race.^[1]

• Sanatani, Sanatanist (revivalist, conservative)
• bhakt (a devotee; may sometimes be derogatory)

• religionist

• → Hawaiian: Hinekū
• → Japanese: ヒンドゥー (Hindū), ヒンズー (Hinzū)

• Saiva, Saivite (a worshipper of Shiva)
• Sakta (a worshipper of the goddess Shakti)
• Vaishnava (a worshipper of Vishnu)

• hundi, unhid

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Hindu m (strong, genitive Hindu or Hindus, plural Hindu or Hindus, feminine Hindu or Hindufrau)

1. Hindu (male or unspecified)

Hindu f (genitive Hindu, plural Hindu or Hindus, masculine Hindu)

1. Hindu (female)

• “Hindu”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[4] (in German)
• “Hindu (Gläubiger)” in Duden online
• “Hindu (Gläubige)” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): [ˈhindu]
• Hyphenation: Hin‧du
• Rhymes: -du

Hindu

1. (astronomy) Indus