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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Persian
Origin: 'Indian person', from Hind; HINDI

Hindu

 noun
     
Related topics: Hinduism
Hin‧du plural Hindus [countable]
RRH someone whose religion is Hinduism
—Hindu adjective:
a Hindu temple
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