| Hindu | { } n.; pl. Hindoos it>or Hindus. [ Per. Hindū, fr. Hind, Hindūstān, India. Cf. Indian. ] A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious name it is restricted to followers of the Veda. Variants: Hindoo |
| Hindu calendar | { or }. A lunisolar calendar of India, according to which the year is divided into twelve months, with an extra month inserted after every month in which two new moons occur (once in three years). The intercalary month has the name of the one which precedes it. The year usually commences about April 11. The months are follows: Baisakh . . . . . . . . . . April-May Jeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . May-June Asarh . . . . . . . . . . . . June-July Sawan (Sarawan) . . . . . . . July-Aug. Bhadon . . . . . . . . . . . Aug.-Sept. Asin (Kuar). . . . . . . . . . Sept.-Oct. Katik (Kartik) . . . . . . . . Oct.-Nov. Aghan . . . . . . . . . . . . Nov.-Dec. Pus . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec.-Jan. Magh . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan.-Feb. Phagun (Phalgun) . . . . . . . Feb.-March Chait . . . . . . . . . . . . March-April
[ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]Variants: Hindoo calendar |
| Hinduism | { } n. The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindus; Brahmanism. Variants: Hindooism |
| Hindustani | { } a. [ Hind. Hindūstānī an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hindūstān India. ] Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n. The language of Hindustan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Hindoostani, Hindoostanee |
| hindu | (n) a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India, Syn. Hindoo, Hindustani |
| hindu | (n) a person who adheres to Hinduism, Syn. Hindoo |
| hindu | (adj) of or relating to or supporting Hinduism, Syn. Hindoo, Hindi, Example: the Hindu faith |
| hinduism | (n) the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, Syn. Hindooism |
| hinduism | (n) a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils, Syn. Hindooism |
| hindustani | (n) a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi, Syn. Hindoostani, Hindostani |