| slovo | definícia |
hindoo
(encz) | Hindoo, adj: |
Hindoo
(gcide) | Hindoo \Hin"doo\, Hindu \Hin"du\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Hindoosor
Hindus. [Per. Hind[=u], fr. Hind, Hind[=u]st[=a]n, India.
Cf. Indian.]
A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is
confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious
name it is restricted to followers of the Veda. Hindoo
calendar |
hindoo
(wn) | Hindoo
adj 1: of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; "the Hindu
faith" [syn: Hindu, Hindi, Hindoo]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India [syn: Hindu,
Hindoo, Hindustani]
2: a person who adheres to Hinduism [syn: Hindu, Hindoo] |
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hindooism
(encz) | Hindooism, |
hindoostani
(encz) | Hindoostani, |
Hindoo
(gcide) | Hindoo \Hin"doo\, Hindu \Hin"du\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Hindoosor
Hindus. [Per. Hind[=u], fr. Hind, Hind[=u]st[=a]n, India.
Cf. Indian.]
A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is
confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious
name it is restricted to followers of the Veda. Hindoo
calendar |
Hindoo calendar
(gcide) | Hindoo calendar \Hin"doo calendar\ or Hindu calendar \Hindu
calendar\ .
A lunisolar calendar of India, according to which the year is
divided into twelve months, with an extra month inserted
after every month in which two new moons occur (once in three
years).
Note: The intercalary month has the name of the one which
precedes it. The year usually commences about April 11.
The months are follows: Baisakh . . . . . . . . . .
April-May Jeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . May-June Asarh
. . . . . . . . . . . . June-July Sawan (Sarawan) . . .
. . . . July-Aug. Bhadon . . . . . . . . . . .
Aug.-Sept. Asin (Kuar). . . . . . . . . . Sept.-Oct.
Katik (Kartik) . . . . . . . . Oct.-Nov. Aghan . . . .
. . . . . . . . Nov.-Dec. Pus . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dec.-Jan. Magh . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan.-Feb.
Phagun (Phalgun) . . . . . . . Feb.-March Chait . . . .
. . . . . . . . March-April
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Hindooism |
Hindooism
(gcide) | Hindooism \Hin"doo*ism\, Hinduism \Hin"du*ism\, n.
The religious doctrines and rites of the Hindus; Brahmanism.
Hindoostani
Hindoostanee |
Hindoos
(gcide) | Hindoo \Hin"doo\, Hindu \Hin"du\ (?; 277), n.; pl. Hindoosor
Hindus. [Per. Hind[=u], fr. Hind, Hind[=u]st[=a]n, India.
Cf. Indian.]
A native inhabitant of Hindostan. As an ethnical term it is
confined to the Dravidian and Aryan races; as a religious
name it is restricted to followers of the Veda. Hindoo
calendar |
Hindoostanee
(gcide) | Hindoostanee \Hin"doo*sta"nee\, Hindoostani \Hin"doo*sta"ni\,
Hindustani \Hin"du*sta"ni\, a. [Hind. Hind[=u]st[=a]n[imac] an
Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hind[=u]st[=a]n India.]
Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n. The
language of Hindustan; the name given by Europeans to the
most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India.
It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.
[1913 Webster] |
Hindoostani
(gcide) | Hindoostanee \Hin"doo*sta"nee\, Hindoostani \Hin"doo*sta"ni\,
Hindustani \Hin"du*sta"ni\, a. [Hind. Hind[=u]st[=a]n[imac] an
Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hind[=u]st[=a]n India.]
Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n. The
language of Hindustan; the name given by Europeans to the
most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India.
It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words.
[1913 Webster] |
hindooism
(wn) | Hindooism
n 1: the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka, and Nepal [syn: Hinduism, Hindooism]
2: a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural
practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is
characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a
supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that
opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a
desire for liberation from earthly evils [syn: Hinduism,
Hindooism] |
hindoostani
(wn) | Hindoostani
n 1: a form of Hindi spoken around Delhi [syn: Hindustani,
Hindoostani, Hindostani] |
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