Arabic vocabulary
How to say “India” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
كان من سنة الهند أنهم إذا أرادوا تناول الغذاء اغتسلوا
It was a custom in India that when they wanted to eat, they would bathe.
الهِنْدِ — India. The al- makes this place-name definite, 'India'. As the owner closing the pairing 'the custom of India', it stands directly after the owned noun with no word for 'of' and takes the -i possessor ending.
From: The Art of Eating Well →OpenArabic teaches words like هِنْدٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
Get the app