Indus

Meaning

A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.

Synonyms

Indus River

Indian

🇮🇳/🇮🇴

Harappan

Inidian

Translations

Indien

🇮🇳/🇮🇴

Ινδός

Indus

Indus

Inder

🇮🇳/🇮🇴

Indo

Indus

Indus

Indus

Indiano

Indus

Indo

indus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪndəs/

Etymology

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎

Cognate with Sanskrit: सिन्धु

In summary

Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /⁠hiⁿduš⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎 (hiṇdu)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš or borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu) (whence Sindh).
Another explication relates the origin of Indus to Indra which itself derives from the root indu, i.e. " water place or water spirit".