also Sanscrit, ancient sacred language of India, 1610s, from Sanskrit samskrtam "put together, well-formed, perfected," neuter of samskrta, from sam "together" (from PIE root *sem- (1) "one; as one, together with") + krta- "to make, do, perform" (from PIE *kwer- "to make,...
" formerly sometimes used generally for "Asia;" Old EnglishIndia,Indea, from LatinIndia, from GreekIndia"region of the Indus River," later used of the region beyond it, fromIndos"Indus River," also "an Indian," from Old PersianHindu, the name for the province of Sind, from Sanskrit...
(late 13c. as a surname), from Old Frenchorange,orenge(12c., Modern Frenchorange), from Medieval Latinpomum de orenge, from Italianarancia, originallynarancia(Venetiannaranza), an alteration of Arabicnaranj, from Persiannarang, from Sanskritnaranga-s"orange tree," a word of uncertain origin....
In this paper we argue (hat the name of the temple, Bai Ma Si, 0 ,% comes from the Sanskrit word padma, which means 'lotus'. The white horse was all but unknown as a symbol in ancient India, from whence Buddhism came to China; but it was a potent topic in Chinese thought at le...
Singapore’s government is formed by the President, the Parliament, and the Cabinet of Singapore. Singapore’s monetary unit is the Singaporean Dollar (SGD).ETYMOLOGYThe term Singapore is in fact an anglicized version of its Malay counterpart, Singapura, which was derived from Sanskrit, Simhapura...
The word itself begins as an ancient Sanskrit word,naranga,possibly derived from an even older Dravidian (another ancient language spoken in what is now southern India) root,naru,meaning fragrant. Along with the oranges, the word migrated into Persian and Arabic. From there it was adopted into...
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The Sanskrit word varna has many connotations, including colour, description, selection, and classification. More From Britannica India: Caste of India Indo-European-speaking peoples migrated probably about 1500 bce to northwestern India (the Indus valley and the Punjab Plain). Since the mid-19th ...
Here atAbarimPublications we suspect that the name Pishon may be a Hebraized form of the Sanskrit name for the Indus, namelySindhu(hence the namesIndiaand Hindu). The wordSindhuconsists ofsim, meaning region, anddhu, meaning to shake or tremble. ...
1660s, from PersianHindu(adjective and noun) "Indian," fromHind"India," from Sanskritsindhu"river," meaning here the Indus; hence "region of the Indus," the sense then gradually was extended by invading peoples to encompass all northern India. "Properly, one of the native race in India de...