Ind
English
editPronunciation
edit- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɪnd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Homophone: end (pin–pen merger)
- Rhymes: -ɪnd
Etymology 1
editFrom Middle French Inde, from Latin India.
Proper noun
editInd
- (archaic, poetic) India; the East.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 84:
- From the east to western Ind, / No jewel is like Rosalind.
- 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- High on a throne of royal state , which far
Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind
Etymology 2
editProper noun
editInd
- Abbreviation of India.
- Abbreviation of Indonesia.
Anagrams
editCzech
editPronunciation
editNoun
editInd m anim (female equivalent Indka)
- Indian (related to India)
- 1903, “Pouť”, in Ottův slovník naučný[1], part XX, Praha: J. Otto, page 351:
- Muhammedáni konají veliké p-ti do Mekky ke hrobu prorokovu, Indové k posvátnému Gangu.
- Muslims make large pilgrimages to Mecca, Indians to the sacred Ganges.
- male Indian (related to India)
Usage notes
edit- Cannot be used for American Indians.
Declension
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editFurther reading
edit- “Ind”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “Ind”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
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- sga:Rivers in India
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