# Hindu

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhɪnduː/ · frequency rank #7,138

## Definitions
1. Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.

## Etymology
Derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُو (hindū, “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-Aryan *síndʰuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš (“river”).

## Easily confused with
- **hint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hindu-vs-hint)
- **hing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hindu-vs-hing)
- **honda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hindu-vs-honda)
- **hints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hindu-vs-hints)
- **hinge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hindu-vs-hinge)
- **Hines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hindu-vs-hines)
- **hid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hid-vs-hindu)
- **hin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hin-vs-hindu)
- **hand** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hand-vs-hindu)
- **hide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hide-vs-hindu)
- **hind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hind-vs-hindu)
- **hands** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hands-vs-hindu)
- **handy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/handy-vs-hindu)
- **Hindi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hindi-vs-hindu)
- **Hilda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilda-vs-hindu)
- **hinder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinder-vs-hindu)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hhindu`, `hidnu`, `hinddu`, `hinndu`, `hinud`, `hnidu`, `ihndu`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hindu