köken: Borrowed from Classical Persian هند (hind, “India”), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”) or from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “a river, stream”).
köken: Inherited from Chagatai هندستان (hndstān /hindustān/), from Classical Persian هِنْدُوسْتَان (hindūstān). By surface analysis, ھىند (hind) + ىستان (istan).
köken: From Persian هندو (hendu, “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-Iranian *sindʰus (“river”).
India (a country in South Asia; abbreviation 印 (Yìn))
eş: 印, 天竺, 身毒, 賢豆, 贤豆
köken: A transcription of an exonym for India during the Tang dynasty. Introduced by Xuanzang (a Chinese Buddhist monk who had travelled to India) in his book The Great Tang Records on the Western Regions [646 CE], Xuanzang proposed that this “correct” name be used, in preference to the many other alternative names for India: : This Tang-dynasty transcription reflected a source form of *In-du or…