india
/ˈɪndi.ə/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.04 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of India. Capital: New Delhi.
name
A region of South Asia, traditionally delimited by the Himalayas and the Indus river; the Indian subcontinent.
name
A territory of the British Empire, chiefly comprising the modern day countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Burma.
name
A female given name.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of India from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
name
Initialism of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, a political alliance.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor. Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)bor. Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek Ἰνδία (Indía)bor. Latin Indiabor. Old English Indea English India 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”). Doublet of Indus, Sindhu, Hindu, and Sindh.
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: India, Ἰνδία, Ἰνδός, 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁, सिन्धु, *síndʰuš
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪndi.ə/
- British English: /ˈɪndiːə/
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