hindu

Speech parts

1. hindu - Noun

2. hindu - Adjective

Meaning

A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda.

Same as Hindoo.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hindi hindustani hindoo dharmic Sanatani sanatanist indian hinduism Cheyenne Amerindian rajput buck religion faith breed
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Hypernyms

asian asiatic religious person

Hyponyms

brahman brahmin chela rajput kshatriya sanyasi

Phrases with the word

hindu faith hindu health system hindu persuasion hindu religion hindu solar calendar hindu traditional calendar

Derivatives

hindoos Hindus

Anagrams

hundi unhid

Examples

the Hindu faith Source: Internet

According to sacred scriptures, ritual worship of Lord Shiva on Shivratri that falls once a year in late winter phalgun in every luni-solar month of the Hindu calendar. Source: Internet

According to Nigel Allan, Hindu Kush meant both "mountains of India" and "sparkling snows of India", as he notes, from a Central Asian perspective. citation History Landscape of Afghanistan with a T-62 in the foreground. Source: Internet

A concerted campaign is under way to assert Hindu primacy and render Muslims invisible in a rewritten history, from renamed public spaces to political and other spheres of public life. Source: Internet

According to Hindu scriptures Lord Shiva’s snake Vasuki took part in the Samudra Manthan, that explains the origin of amrita or the nectar of immortality. Source: Internet

According to Hindu scriptures, a journey was made during the Mahabharata by Balrama along the banks of the Saraswati from Dwarka to Mathura. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hindsightly hindstomach hindthought hindu almanac hindu ascetic discipline hindu ascetic monks