Topic summary
River Indus
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Indus River.
Etymology and names
The English language word "Indus" comes from Late Latin Indus (1598), specifically a use of Classical LatinIndus (inhabitant of India, Indian) from ancient Greek Ἰνδός "inhabitant of India, Indian, the River Indus", in turn from Old PersianHindu, denoting an eastern province of the Achaemenid Empire (hind India, see Hindush), and Avestanhiṇdu, həṇdu "river"; with same Proto Indo-Iranian language-root as Sanskritsindhu (IPA:, river); hence also the region of the Indus, from which also derive Hellenistic Greek Σίνθος "the River Indus" and Hindustan "land of the river Indus." The river's traditional name in Sanskrit and Tibetan is "Sindhu". In Sanskrit, its range of meanings includes: stream, river; Indus; flood; sea or ocean; region or country in the vicinity of the Indus, Sindh, people of Sindh."