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A Hindu is someone whose religion is . You also hear Hindu as a describing word: a Hindu temple, Hindu festivals, Hindu names. Write it with a capital H. Most Hindus live in India, but though actually, Indian is about the country and Hindu is about the faith. Many Indians are not Hindu, and Hindus live in Nepal, Bali, and many other places too. Older English sometimes used Hindu more loosely for a person from India; careful speakers do not do that now. It is a normal, respectful, everyday name for people and their faith — not a joke and not a slur.
印度教徒(也可當形容詞:印度教的)。不是「印度人」:一個講宗教,一個講國家。
組成From Classical Persian hindū, “Indian, Hindu,” from Middle Persian Hindūg, “Indian,” from Hind, “India,” from Old Persian for India, from Sanskrit síndhu, “river, stream,” also the Indus. The land around that river gave the name.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Hinduadj/ˈhɪnduː/
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Of, or relating to Hinduism, or to Hindus and their culture.
- Hindu American organizations, including the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus in North America, advocated for the law.
Hindunoun/ˈhɪnduː/
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A person adhering to the Hindu religion (Hinduism).
- Hindu American organizations, including the Hindu American Foundation and the Coalition of Hindus in North America, advocated for the law.
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datedAny native inhabitant of Hindustan.
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obsoletegovernmentmilitarypoliticsA bunnia (merchant or trader) with a company of soldiers.
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datedA person of Indian religion and race.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。