different between hindu vs suttee

Estonian

Noun

hindu

1. partitive plural of hind

Finnish

Noun

hindu

1. Hindu (person)

Declension

Anagrams

• hidun, hudin

Hungarian

Etymology

From Persian ????? (Hind?, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hind?g, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-?g), from Old Persian ???????????????? (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit ?????? (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sind?us (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?hindu]
• Hyphenation: hin?du
• Rhymes: -du

Adjective

hindu (comparative hindubb, superlative leghindubb)

1. Hindu (of or relating to Hinduism)

Declension

Noun

hindu (plural hinduk)

1. Hindu (adherent of Hinduism)

Declension

Karelian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish hinta.

Noun

hindu

1. price

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Persian ????? (Hind?, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hind?g, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-?g), from Old Persian ???????????????? (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit ?????? (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sind?us (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Noun

hindu m (definite singular hinduen, indefinite plural hinduer, definite plural hinduene)

1. a Hindu

Derived terms

• hinduisk
• hinduisme
• hinduistisk

References

• “hindu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Persian ????? (Hind?, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hind?g, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”) + -wk' (-?g), from Old Persian ???????????????? (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit ?????? (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sind?us (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?

Noun

hindu m (definite singular hinduen, indefinite plural hinduar, definite plural hinduane)

1. a Hindu

Derived terms

• hinduisk
• hinduisme

References

• “hindu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Persian ????? (Hind?, “Indian, Hindu”), from Middle Persian hndwk' (Hind?g, “Indian”), from hnd (Hind, “India”), from Old Persian ???????????????? (hiⁿdu-, “India”), from Sanskrit ?????? (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sind?us (“river”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?.?du/
• Hyphenation: hin?du
• Rhymes: -u

Adjective

hindu (plural hindus, comparable)

1. Hindu
2. Indian (of India)

Swedish

Noun

hindu c

1. Hindu (adherent of Hinduism)

Declension

Related terms

• hinduism
• hinduisk

References

• hindu in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hindu in Svensk ordbok (SO)

English

Alternative forms

• sati

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (sat??, “good and virtuous or faithful wife”), from ??? (sát, “true, good, right etc.”). In English usage since 1786. Doublet of sin.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ti

Noun

suttee (countable and uncountable, plural suttees)

1. (historical, Hinduism) The traditional custom of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion.

Further reading

• Sati on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tutees