هِنْد
Root: هند
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هِنْد
a name for A hundred camels; as also
هُنَيْدَةُ ; which latter is a determinate noun, imperfectly decl., not admitting the art. ال, [though it is written with it in the S, and in a verse cited in the S and L,] nor having a pl., nor a proper sing.: [see an ex. in a verse cited voce سَرِفَ:] or the former is a name for more than a hundred camels and less: or a little more and a little less: or two hundred camels: so accord. to Ez-Ziyádee, as mentioned by ISd, who adds that he had not heard it from any other than IJ: and the latter, a hundred of other things: or any hundred: also the former, two hundred years: and the latter, [written with the art. ال,] a hundred years.
def.2 الهِنْدُ The name of a well-known nation; or of a country: [the Indians: and India:] rel. n. هِنْدِىٌّ : pl. هُنُودٌ: and الأَهَانِدُ signifies the men of الهِنْد [or India]; as also الهَنَادِكُ, pl. of هِنْدِكِىٌّ [q. v. in art. هندك].
2 See also أَحْمَسُ.
def.2 الهِنْدُ The name of a well-known nation; or of a country: [the Indians: and India:] rel. n. هِنْدِىٌّ : pl. هُنُودٌ: and الأَهَانِدُ signifies the men of الهِنْد [or India]; as also الهَنَادِكُ, pl. of هِنْدِكِىٌّ [q. v. in art. هندك].
2 See also أَحْمَسُ.
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