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Indus.

Indus (a major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈin.dus/

  1. Indus (a major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea)

    inanimate · masculine

  2. Indus (a hamlet in Alberta, Canada)

    inanimate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor. Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)bor. Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós)bor. Latin Induslbor. Polish Indus Learned borrowing from Latin Indus.

noun/ˈin.dus/

  1. Indian (a person from India)

    masculine · person
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš Sanskrit सिन्धु॑ (síndhu)bor. Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)bor. Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós)bor. Latin Induslbor. Polish Indus Learned borrowing from Latin Indus.

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