hindu

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who follows Hinduism

   The festival is observed by many Hindus around the world.

2. 2
   adj

   relating to Hinduism, its followers, or their cultures

   The temple is an important Hindu place of worship.

3. 3
   noun

   historical: a person from Hindustan or the Indian subcontinent, regardless of religion; Indian is the usual modern term for nationality

   Some nineteenth-century British writers used Hindu as a broad geographical label.

Via Persian Hindu, 'Indian,' from Hind, 'India,' ultimately from Sanskrit Sindhu, the name of the Indus River and its region. Hindoo is an archaic English spelling and may be offensive when applied to people today.

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