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hindu
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hindu has 2 senses
- hindu(n = noun.person) hindoo, hindustani - a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India; Array is a member of hindustan
- hindu(n = noun.person) hindoo - a person who adheres to Hinduism; Array is a member of hindooism, hinduism
is a kind of asian, asiatic
has particulars: brahman, brahmin, kshatriya, rajpoot, rajput, shudra, sudra, vaisya
is a kind of religious person
has particulars: swami, chela, hare krishna, shaktist, shivaist, vaishnava, saddhu, sadhu, sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasi
Derived form adjective hindu1
Adjective hindu has 1 sense
- hindu(a = adj.pert) hindi, hindoo - of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; "the Hindu faith" Derived form noun hindu2
CIDE DICTIONARY
hindu, n. [Per. Hindū, fr. Hind, Hindūstān, India. Cf. Indian.].
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.
hindu, n.
Same as Hindoo. This is now the more commonly used spelling. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hindu, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a follower of Hinduism.
2 archaic an Indian.
--adj.
1 of or concerning Hindus or Hinduism.
2 archaic Indian.
--n.
1 a follower of Hinduism.
2 archaic an Indian.
--adj.
1 of or concerning Hindus or Hinduism.
2 archaic Indian.
Etymology
Urdu f. Pers. f. Hind India
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