indus
/ˈɪn.dəs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.08 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A constellation of the southern sky between Grus and Pavo.
Example Sentences
- "In summer the Indus can spread as wide as five miles, covering most oft the valley seen here."
- "The mighty Indus River that courses through Pakistan's second-most populous region is fed by dozens of mountain tributaries to the north, but many have burst their banks following record rains and glacier melt."
- "Floods in the river Sutlej – which originates in Tibet and crosses India before merging into the Indus river – has completely cut off several villages and areas in Pakistan, submerging hundreds of hectares of farmland."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /hiⁿduš/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎 (hiṇdu)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš or borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu) (whence Sindh). Another explication relates the origin of Indus to Indra which itself derives from the root indu, i.e. " water place or water spirit".
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Indus, Ἰνδός, 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁, *hínduš, *síndʰuš
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪn.dəs/
- British English: /ˈɪn.dəs/