Indus en · PROPN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɪn.ɖəs/ (India)
- /ˈɪn.dəs/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Scotland)
- ĭn′dəs
- /ˈən.dəs/ (New-Zealand)
- (Southern-England) audio
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".
Meanings
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A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.
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.
2023 August 29, “Pakistan raises flood alert in eastern region as over 128,000 evacuated”, in EFE, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2024:In summer the Indus can spread as wide as five miles, covering most oft the valley seen here.
1987 October, Galen Rowell, “Baltistan: The 20th Century Comes to Shangri-la”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, pages 528-529: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.
2022 August 28, “Pakistan's south braces for another deluge as northern rivers swell”, in France 24, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2022, Asia / Pacific:
Deriveds
Indus Valley bullfrog · Indus Valley Civilization · Indus River dolphin
Relateds
Translations (80)
ur دریائے سندھ (the river) · hy Ինդոս (the river) · ms Indus (the river) · ky Инд (the river) · de Indus (the river) · tg Ҳинду (the river) · pl Indus (the river) · mr सिन्धु (the river) · hi सिंधु (the river) · kk Үнді (the river) · tr İndus (the river) · ml സിന്ധു (the river) · fr Indus (the river) · da Indus (the river) · he אינדוס (the river) · sk Indus (the river) · hu Indus (the river) · lt Indas (the river) · hi सिन्ध (the river) · cs Indus (the river) · ar نَهْر الْسِنْد (the river) · fi Indus (the river) · bg Инд (the river) · sv Indus (the river) · nl Indus (the river) · ka ინდი (the river) · skr سِنْدھ (the river) · hi सिंध नदी (the river) · gl Indo (the river) · sq Ind (the river) · vi Sông Ấn (the river) · sl Ind (the river) · sga Ind (the river) · eu Indus (the river) · skr اَٹَک (the river) · ta சிந்து (the river) · fa سند (the river) · ca Indus (the river) · ja インダス川 (the river) · sh Инд (the river) · th สินธุ (the river) · sa सिन्धु (the river) · is Indus (the river) · ru Инд (the river) · la Indus (the river) · it Indo (the river) · af Indus (the river) · hi सिन्ध नदी (the river) · hi सिंध (the river) · ga An Iondúis (the river) · ur سِنْدھ (the river) · az Hind (the river) · uk Інд (the river) · eo Induso (the river) · et Indus (the river) · nb Indus (the river) · gu સિંધુ (the river) · ko 인더스 강 (the river) · es Indo (the river) · pa سِنْدھ (the river) · pt Indo (the river) · sh Ind (the river) · ps اباسین (the river) · lv Inda (the river) · te సింధూ (the river) · cmn 印度河 (the river) · bn সিন্ধু (the river) · skr سِنّہہ (the river) · ro Ind (the river) · uz Hind (the river) · tk Ind (the river) · mk Инд (the river) · my သိန္ဓု (the river) · id Indus (the river) · el Ινδός (the river) · sd سِنْڌُو (the river) · pa ਸਿੰਧ (the river) · be Інд (the river) · nn Indus (the river) · hi सिन्धु (the river)