Ind

See also: ind, IND, ind., Ind., in d., ind-, and -ind

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɪnd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: end (pin–pen merger)
• Rhymes: -ɪnd

Etymology 1

From Middle French Inde, from Latin India.

Proper noun

Ind

1. (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

Proper noun

Ind

1. Abbreviation of India.
2. Abbreviation of Indonesia.

Anagrams

• DIN, Din, IDN, nid, din, DNI

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɪnt]

• Audio:

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Noun

Ind m anim (female equivalent Indka)

1. 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.

2. male Indian (related to India)

Usage notes

• Cannot be used for American Indians.

Declension

Declension of Ind (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ind	Indové
genitive	Inda	Indů
dative	Indovi, Indu	Indům
accusative	Inda	Indy
vocative	Inde	Indové
locative	Indovi, Indu	Indech
instrumental	Indem	Indy

Derived terms

• Indka

 

Related terms

• Indián
• indický
• Indie
• indoevropský
• Indonésie

 

Further reading

• “Ind”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Ind”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• DIN
• dni

Old Irish

Proper noun

Ind ?

1. the Indus (a river in India)