Sindh
/sɪnd/noun
A historical region and province in southeastern Pakistan, centered on the lower Indus River valley.
Did you know?The name Sindh is tied to the Indus River, and its ancient Sanskrit form gave the river its older foreign-name lineage, which is why so many early outsiders knew the region through the river rather than the land itself.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-Aryan / Proto-Iranian
Old Indo-Aryan / Iranian
*síndhu-
“river, stream; especially the Indus River”
Ancient Persian
Old Persian
Hindūš
“the land beyond the Indus”
Ancient Greek
Greek
Indos
“the Indus River; by extension the region”
Middle Persian
Middle Persian
Sind
“Sindh, the lower Indus region”
Arabic
Arabic
al-Sind
“Sindh; the lower Indus region”
Modern English
English
Sindh
“the modern name of the region and province in Pakistan”
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